Digicel FIJI ANNOUNCES a NEW BRAND AMBASSADOR
December 8th 2011 - Digicel FIJI ANNOUNCES a NEW BRAND AMBASSADOR
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Digicel FIJI ANNOUNCES a NEW BRAND AMBASSADOR
Wednesday, 07th December, 2011 Fiji: Digicel Fiji today announced their new brand ambassador Vikrant Chandra at their Business Lounge in Suva. The event hosted media personnel and a selected list of guests.
Vikrant Chandra is said to be Fiji’s next Vijay Singh on the golf course. Mr Chandra was part of the Fiji Golf team to the 14th Pacific Games in New Caledonia 2011 and also won the Fiji Amateur 3 years in a row with a record breaking 8 under par over 54 holes at the Fiji Golf Club.
The Bachelor of Law Degree graduate from the University of the South Pacific has also participated third year in a row at the 3rd Asian Amateur Championship held in Singapore. Vikrant is ranked 1,120 in the R & A world amateur golf ranking. He is also the winner of the Digicel Fiji Open amateur division with a score of even par over 54 holes at the internationally recognized Pearl Golf Club.
Digicel Fiji’s CEO David Butler said: “We are delighted to have Vikrant as an ambassador for the brand. Vikrant is a young achiever and this is one of the reasons we have approached him to becoming a brand ambassador; his life in general is synonymous to Digicel’s values and goals.”
Vikrant Chandra said: “It is a privilege and an honour to be associated with Digicel Fiji. Digicel Fiji is a young and exciting company and I am looking forward to working with Digicel.
I have recently achieved higher in golf and I am very positive that with Digicel's support I will be able to raise the bar once again and ultimately achieve my goal of representing Fiji at the 2016 Olympics.”
Recently, Mr Chandra finished 4th in the Western Qualifier Deccan Open Championship held at Oxford Golf Club in Pune, India and in the Hong Kong Amateur and Mid – Amateur Championship held at the Discovery Bay Golf Course.
Vikrant Chandra joins the hall of ambassadors at Digicel Fiji alongside Banuve Tabakaucoro, James Bolabiu, Iliesa Delana, Digicel Fiji Sevens Team and Hosanna Kabakoro.
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Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.
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