HONG KONG -- CSL today announced that Mr Tarek Robbiati hascommenced his role as the Chief Executive Officer of the company.Mr Robbiati has 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry as a strategyconsultant with Accenture, and as senior equity research analyst with Lehman Brothersin London, in the team that was ranked number one for three consecutive years from2001 to 2003.

More recently, Mr Robbiati was Vice President and Head of Corporate Finance atOrange PCS in London, and Director of Strategic Marketing at Atradius NV, the world’ssecond-largest credit insurer.

For the last two years, Mr Robbiati has been Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Telstra inAustralia. In this role, Mr Robbiati helped the CEO, CFO, and COO of Telstra articulateand manage a AU$14bn, complex, 5-year transformation program for Telstra, andstructure T3, the AU$16bn offering in Telstra shares by the Commonwealth of Australia.Mr John Stanhope, Chairman of CSL New World Mobility, said: “I’m delighted at theappointment of Mr Robbiati. He has solid experience in the telecommunication industryand has held senior positions in major international corporations. We are confident thathis leadership will prove a significant asset to CSL as the company strives to maintain itsvalued position in the Hong Kong market.”

“He succeeds Mr Hubert Ng, who in May announced his decision to move on to otherthings after leading CSL for six years. I, as Chairman, and my fellow Board directorsthank Mr Ng for the immense contribution he has made to CSL over many years, andwish him every success for the future,” Mr Stanhope said.

Mr Robbiati said: “I am very pleased to begin this new challenge as CSL’s CEO. WhileHong Kong possesses one of the most competitive telecommunications markets in theworld I believe that, with the support of our shareholders and CSL’s talented team, wecan together continue to drive the company to new levels of accomplishment.”

Hong Kong CSL Ltd.