Telstra Corporation Limited announced the appointment of Eelco Blok as a non-executive Director of the Telstra Board. Mr. Blok has almost 35 years telecommunications experience at KPN, where he was CEO for seven years until April 2018. He started his career in Finance at KPN before becoming responsible for several businesses including Carrier Services, Corporate Networks and Network Operations. In 2006 he was appointed a member of the KPN Board of Management, where he was consecutively responsible for the Fixed Division, Business Market Wholesale - Operations and Mobile International. He was appointed CEO in April 2011. Mr. Blok's appointment to the Board is with effect from 15 February 2019. He will stand for election by shareholders at the Telstra Annual General Meeting later in the year. Mr. Blok will also be a member of the Nomination Committee.