A strategically minded consultant with 30+ years as an ICT professional and with a history of successful executive leadership roles internationally including the management of technical, commercial and support operations. Core competencies are:-• An excellent engineering hands-on based technical appreciation of delivering and operating ICT technologies • Fifteen years of Project Management of the development and implementation phases of submarine cable projects in the Pacific region• Strategic, technical and commercial assistance to start-up telecom ventures • Ten years of Asia Pacific experience of working in an ICT advisory capacity with Multilateral Development Banks and National Governments in Asia Pacific.• Extensive cross-cultural experience gained through living and working in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific• An actute awareness of the ICT challenges faced by developing nations. • A proven ability to rapidly form sound relationships with team members at all levels and of diverse