Life at GO

What a better way to mark this year's Boss Day, than to celebrate our very own Nikhil Patil, CEO at GO plc for the past 36 months.  He has moved from Mumbai, to the States, to Switzerland, Dubai, London and Malta, and many other places in between. He has had a very colourful path so far, being the mind behind strategy, operations, mergers and acquisitions across telecoms companies including GO, Cablenet, BMIT and Interoute.  Before his appointment as a CEO at GO in 2018, he served as a Non-Executive Director of GO, where with the company’s senior management he defined and implemented new strategies that allowed GO to diversify and expand its business both in Malta and Cyprus. He also ventured into the property market where he led Malta Properties Company as CEO for three years.   Here is a glimpse of the man behind the boss and how he perceives the world outside of telecoms.  1. What did you want to be when you were growing up?  A World Adventurer. 2. ...

Preparation is half the victory   Don’t you just feel a sense of accomplishment after the budgeting period is complete? You have everything planned out and you just need to action them in due time. BUT WAIT! What if a global pandemic had to happen and all your planning doesn’t make sense anymore? This is 2020.    The struggle We always plan our upcoming wellbeing initiatives before the year even starts and early on in 2020 we had to adjust to the new reality, revamp the whole wellbeing program for the year and act fast . Everyone was going through different emotions and we needed to be there for each other, but how? We had no way of researching what other companies were doing or finding the best practices and advice from experts as everyone was experiencing this first hand.   As a team we were constantly meeting to brainstorm and support each other. We reassessed our wellbeing strategy to evaluate how we can best adapt to the current situation and overcome ...

  6th October is the World Cerebral Palsy Day and it holds a special place in our hearts at GO. Our colleague Jeanesse Abela is a cerebral palsy champion who works hard to raise awareness and educate the local community to look beyond the disability.  Cerebral palsy is one of the most common childhood disabilities that affects the ability to move and maintain balance and posture. Cerebral means having to do with the brain, and palsy refers to the weakness or problems with using the muscles. Today, it is estimated that around 17 million people live with cerebral palsy and World CP Day is an opportunity for the whole world to come together to recognise and spread awareness of what it is and how early intervention can improve the lives of people with it. Jeanesse is a bundle of positivity and never stops smiling. She had to overcome a lot of difficulties while growing up and she managed to do so through her perseverance and passion about life. She has been part of the GO family ...