Pangia named Nortel Asia President

MUMBAI - Nortel announced Michael Pangia as president of Asia, effective

immediately. In this role, Pangia is responsible for Nortel's overall sales

strategy and operations for the Asia region, including Greater China, Japan,

India, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia Region and Pakistan.

The Company also announced Robert Mao, president of Greater China for Nortel,

has left the Company to pursue other interests and wished him well.

"The Asia region presents the most exciting yet complex opportunities in

our industry," said Mike Zafirovski, president and CEO, Nortel.

"Michael has a proven track record and extensive experience with the

Company in multiple regions and disciplines, ranging from finance and operations

to sales. I have also been very impressed with his outstanding leadership

capabilities and strong desire to win which are essential ingredients to our

future success. I am very pleased to have such a well-rounded leader as Michael

to head up this strategic region for Nortel."

"I am very excited about the new challenges as president of Asia,"

said Pangia. "Asia is a hotbed for trailblazing technology and I look

forward to bringing Nortel's technology innovation to bear in this region."

In his 20 years with Nortel, Pangia has held various senior management

positions across different lines of business and has worked in US, Canada,Europe

and the Caribbean and Latin America regions.

His previous roles include vice president for Global Enterprise Operations

and Services and vice president of Finance for Nortel's optical business. Prior

to this new appointment, Pangia was the chief operating officer for Asia

Pacific.

Pangia is Canadian and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the

University of Windsor and an MBA from the University of Toronto in Canada.