Cellnex appoints Daniel Pataki as Director of Regulation and European Affairs

Barcelona, 1 February 2024. Cellnex today announced the appointment of Daniel Pataki as the Company’s Director of Regulation and European Affairs. Pataki will report directly to Cellnex CEO Marco Patuano, and will join the Group’s Executive Committee.

The newly created function, which also involves the establishment of a Cellnex office in Brussels, is part of the new organisational structure announced last September within the Group’s new business strategy –announced in November 2022–, focused on accelerating organic growth and achieving an investment grade rating.

Daniel Pataki is joining Cellnex from GSMA, where the past 8 years, as Vice President for Policy and Regulation lead the global engagement on mobile-sector regulatory affairs. Daniel was also Head of Europe and Cis responsible for all GSMA initiatives in the wider European region.

Pataki has extensive experience in the strategic development of the European policy agenda in telecommunications, having been Head of Hungary’s National Regulatory Authority (2004-2009), Chairperson of the European Regulators Group (ERG, now BEREC, 2008) and Chairperson of the European Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG, 2009). Daniel Pataki was also Director General of the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ association  (ETNO, 2012-2015).

About Cellnex Telecom

The efficient deployment of next-generation connectivity is essential to drive technological innovation and accelerate inclusive economic growth. Cellnex is the independent neutral wireless telecommunications and broadcasting infrastructures operator that enables operators to access Europe’s most extensive network of advanced telecommunications infrastructures on a shared-use basis, helping to reduce access barriers for new operators and to improve services in the most remote areas.

Cellnex manages a portfolio of close to 135,000 sites –including forecast roll-outs up to 2030– in Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Poland. Cellnex’s business is structured around four major areas: telecommunication infrastructures services; audiovisual broadcasting networks; security and emergency service networks; and solutions for smart urban infrastructure and services management.

The company is listed on the continuous market of the Spanish stock exchange and is part of the selective IBEX 35 and EuroStoxx 100 indices. It is also present in the main sustainability indexes, such as CDP, Sustainalytics, FTSE4Good and MSCI.