Veronica Garabelli// May 23, 2013//
Reston-based NII Holdings Inc. announced Thursday several changes to its board of directors. The positions of chairman of the board and chief executive officer have been separated. Kevin Beebe, a director on the board, is now chairman of the board.
Beebe has been a member of NII’s board since 2010 and president and chief executive officer of Little Rock, Ark.-based 2BPartners LLC, a strategic and financial advisory firm.
Carolyn Katz will no longer serve as lead independent director. She will continue as a director and chair of the audit committee. CEO Steve Shindler will also continue to serve as a member of the board.
Ricardo Knoepfelmacher also has been elected to NII’s board of directors. Knoepfelmacher co-founded Angra Partners, a financial advisory and private equity firm, in 2003.
NII’s board now consists of nine directors, eight of whom are independent. NII provides mobile communication services in Latin America.