New Delhi: MTS, the mobile telephony services brand of Sistema Shyam TeleServices (SSTL), has announced key senior level appointments in its top management team, including Cheenu Seshadri as Chief Strategy Officer Corporate Centre, Gurgaon; Sandeep Yadav as Chief Operating Officer for Rajasthan circle operations and VK Cherian as Director - Corporate Communication for the Corporate Centre in Gurgaon. Seshadri comes from Motorola, Illinois, USA, where he was the Vice President - Strategy. With a career spanning over 15 years, he brings with him a diversified experience in strategy and operations. He has also held senior level positions with global business and strategy consulting firm, Bain and Co. in Atlanta and with JDSU, a provider of optical products and test and measurement solutions for the communications industry. Also, Yadav who joins as the Chief Operating Officer for Rajasthan circle, has over 17 years of experience in executive decision-making and strategic business planning in the telecom and hospitality industries. He was heading the sales operations for Idea Cellular in the Delhi NCR region and also held similar senior-level roles with Idea Telecommunications, Reliance Infocomm, Hutchison Telecom and Hexacom in various parts of the country. Coming on board as the Director, Corporate Communication, Cherian brings 20 years of his experience in mainline media in New Delhi. He worked with The Financial Express and The Hindu Business Line. He watched closely and wrote on the boom in the Indian IT and Telecom industry and has been associated with it for over two decades. All of them will report directly to the SSTL President and CEO, Vsevolod Rozanov. Welcoming the new team members, Rozanov said, "I am delighted to see the team grow and welcome them to team MTS. It gives me great satisfaction to see the further strengthening of the top management team which is important since MTS is poised for significant growth in the coming months."