Vikas Grover, Avanti Chief Technology Officer. Photo: Avanti

Avanti Communications has appointed Vikas Grover as its new chief technology officer, the company announced Tuesday. Grover was previously the founding chief information officer at OneWeb, where he led global networks, IT platforms, and security. Before OneWeb, Grover was the CIO and EVP Technology Planning at Vodafone India.

Grover will succeed Scott Richardson in the role, who is leaving the company.

“Vikas is an accomplished leader in the telecoms field with a background including mobile and satellite organizations. He is also a highly regarded people leader and I have no doubt he will make an excellent addition to Avanti and our executive committee,” Avanti CEO Kyle Whitehill said in a statement.