Federico Rava named as president of Telefónica Argentina


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Juan Fernandez Gonzalez

| 01 March 2016




Federico Rava has been named president of Telefónica Argentina, replacing Luís Blasco.



federico ravaIn the new role, Rava, who was general manager of Telefónica and Movistar in the country, will take on extra responsibilities, such as institutional relationships and will also be chief administrative officer.

Rava has wide experience within Argentina's telecom industry, having participated in the launch of Movicom, the country's first mobile operator.

He has been working for Telefónica since 2005, first as Movistar's director for Argentina and Uruguay, between 2009-2012 as head of residential business in Spain, and since then as general manager of Telefónica and Movistar in Argentina, helping to integrate the management of fixed and mobile businesses.

Blanco will now focus on the telco's worldwide video strategy as global director of video operations, president of Spain's DTS (Movistar+) and president of Telefónica's content division, a position he gained in August 2015.