Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine December 2021 | Page 47

TPG TELECOM
YAGO LOPEZ TITLE : GENERAL MANAGER , WIRELESS & TRANSMISSION NETWORKS
COMPANY : TPG TELECOM

“ In a 5G world , you have got to have strong partners . And our partners have been key to finding solutions to the challenges of our 5G rollout ”

YAGO LOPEZ GENERAL MANAGER , WIRELESS & TRANSMISSION NETWORKS , TPG TELECOM

EXECUTIVE BIO

Spanish-Australian Yago Lopez ’ s passion for Science led him to pursue an academic path in Physics at the University of Oviedo ( North Spain ) where he graduated after joining Tubingen University ( Germany ) for part of his studies .
He started his Telecommunications career in Vodafone Spain as an Engineer . From there , he built and international path which brought him first to Dusseldorf with Vodafone Group providing technical consultancy services to Operators around the world and then to Dublin as Vodafone Ireland Network Performance Manager .
Yago moved to Sydney in 2013 , joining Vodafone Australia as Head of Radio Networks . Since then , he has held multiple leadership roles in both technical and commercial sides of the industry . He is currently leading the Wireless & Transmission Networks of TPG telecom .
Yago is a rugby fanatic and while he is not playing with Waverley RC , it ’ s easy to find him enjoying the beach with his young family .