Vodafone appoints Amit Pradhan as Chief Technology Security Officer

NEW DELHI: Vodafone India, the country's second-largest telecom operator, has appointed Amit Pradhan as chief technology security officer, people familiar with the development said.

The post had been lying vacant after the exit of Burgess Cooper, who left the company after a nine-year stint to join global consultancy firm EY.

A Vodafone spokesperson declined to comment on the appointment. Pradhan joined the company this month, accord ing to his LinkedIn account.

He previously served Cipla for almost three years as group chief information security officer. With close to two decades of experience, Pradhan has spent most of his career in the ar ea of security operations, consulting, IT advisory and technology audits.