Telstra announced that an external appointment has been made for this Group Executive role and the person will be announced shortly. Michael Ebeid joins Telstra to run the Enterprise team servicing Australian and international business and government customers with market-leading solutions and services. Michael will start at Telstra on 8 October.

Vicki Brady will continue to lead Consumer & Small Business designing digitally-led propositions for customers, managing customer relationships with superior sales and services capabilities, to acquire new customers and grow Telstra's base. Nikos Katinakis joins Telstra in mid-October to lead Networks & IT focused on extending the company's network superiority and enabling digital experiences with technology execution. Brendon Riley will become the CEO of Telstra InfraCo which will efficiently leverage the InfraCo assets and drive growth in the Wholesale market, while creating future strategic optionality for these highly valuable assets.

David Burns, currently with the Enterprise team, will lead Global Business Services(GBS) to bring together and radically simplify customer service operations and internal support services. GBS will drive a consistent approach to customer experience, efficiency and service levels. David's appointment is effective July 30, 2018.

Robyn Denholm will move to the role of Chief Financial Officer & Head of Strategy. She will support the CEO to drive the company's overall strategy and deliver long term shareholder value growth. Alex Badenoch, Transformation & People will lead the T22 strategy transformation execution as well as drive the way the company works and operates, strengthening employee engagement.

A Transformation Delivery Office has also been established to deliver an integrated and disciplined approach to implementation. Carmel Mulhern, Legal & Corporate Affairs will continue in her role engaging external stakeholders, including relationships with government and community. Carmel will also continue to hold the office of Group General Counsel and manage the internal provision of legal advice.

Michael has most recently been CEO and Managing Director of SBS where he has significantly evolved the public broadcaster's portfolio and led a continuous focus on driving efficiencies and a high-performance culture. He also spent 10 years at Optus, which included being a senior executive in their Enterprise and Government division. Nikos has deep experience and expertise in telecommunications, networks and IT.

He was most recently Executive Vice President Networks for Reliance Jio in India, where he was responsible for rolling out the first pan-India 4G LTE Network. Telstra is also announcing four senior leaders will leave Telstra: Warwick Bray, Stephen Elop, Will Irving and Joe Pollard. Warwick has been Chief Financial Officer since 2015.

He previously led the Corporate Strategy group and mobiles business where he delivered industry leading growth, increasing Telstra's mobile market share by 10%, achieving double digit revenue growth and improving margin by over $1 billion per annum. Warwick will leave Telstra on 30 September. Stephen has been instrumental in guiding Telstra's corporate strategy and building the company's technology credentials since he joined in April 2016.

He played a key role in bringing together the Chief Technology Office and Corporate Strategy groups to support the company's shift from an incumbent telco. Stephen will be finishing in his full time executive capacity at Telstra on 31 July but will continue to maintain a close relationship with the business. Will joined Telstra in 1997 and held a variety of legal roles prior to becoming Group General Counsel in 2005.

Will's last day at Telstra will be 30 September. Joe joined Telstra in 2014 initially as Group Managing Director Marketing and Media before becoming Chief Marketing Officer and Group Executive Media the following year.