Europe 2021 GCCM - London 24^th & 25^th June

Based at Lago di Como in Italy, VSC provides strategic advisory services in M&A, Business Development & Media for the telecommunication industry. Over the last 25 years, Erik developed extensive expertise and deep domain knowledge working at major telecom companies. His international career includes senior & executive level positions. Over the years, Erik has been a regular speaker & moderator at major international telecom conferences.

Fabrizio Salanitri is CEO and founder of HORISEN AG, Swiss software company with 17 years’ long experience in telecommunication software and application solutions. Fabrizio’s in depth knowledge and experience in SMS business resulted in state-of-art SMS Platform, cloud based and carrier neutral suite for A-Z SMS Wholesale business.
During his career, he’s been working with companies and industries of all sizes. Therefore, all HORISEN’s products and services are perfect for both enterprise and retail customers – and all of them have one thing in common: they are designed professionally and they are meeting the highest production quality and standards.

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Eddie is the founder and Managing Director of Universal Call Limited.

Eddie has over 25 years of experience in the Telecoms industry. He has held several senior positions during his career with British Telecom.

Eddie has lived and worked in Spain, US and Asia Pac, he is fluent in 6 languages. Specialising in outsourcing he held the positions from Directorship to CEO, conducting positive business at board levels around the world. Eddie has won several awards on his outstanding performances.

Ms. Gahir has worked in various capacities covering operations, relationship management, sales, business development and management.
Her accomplishments include building teams from customer service agents through to senior account managers from the ground up and guiding the strategies they have applied to a wide spectrum of customers - from SME to global entities. Throughout, she has applied the same ethos of finding the right solutions to drive performance.
The most interesting thing about her experience is the incredible people she has had the privilege of working with in an international arena - both internal and external stakeholders. Helping them solve long-term challenges with solutions designed to help their businesses' success is one of the many facets of her career that she is passionate about.
She has had the responsibility of using her 11 years' experience in the EMEA region, her skills and energy to lead a team of exceptional account managers in their mission to consistently exceed targets. They work in a relationship-driven business that yields significant revenues - their success is nothing without the trust of their customers and the ability they have to galvanise their strengths internally.
Telstra's values reflect the importance of their customers: showing they care; working better together; trusting each other to deliver; making the complex simple and finding their courage. Their customers are the foundation on which their business is built and their mission is to ensure their customers are delighted with their experience.
She thrives in an environment where she is challenged and the volatility of changing markets within the dynamic region where she works demands a constant willingness to learn, develop, initiate change and be unafraid of taking responsibility for calculated risks in order to protect the longevity of their success.

Adam is Head of Wholesale EMEA for Telstra, a leading telecommunications and technology company. Based in London, he oversees Telstra’s wholesale business in EMEA, with responsibility for developing and driving the business strategy, as well as wholesale and OTT customer relationships.

With a strong focus on the customer experience and building value for wholesale partners, Adam has led the EMEA wholesale business to record large referenced deals with customers such as BT, Telia, BICS, Colt, KPN and GTT.

Adam has over 20 years’ experience in the telecoms industry, having held a number of roles at Verizon, AAPT and Pacnet prior to joining Telstra. He is a dual national of the United Kingdom and Australia, a country where he spent a decade building his career.

Outside of work, Adam is a father of four as well as a keen footballer and coach.

Anne Morel is Senior Vice President Global Carrier Sales for Orange International Carriers, one of the world's leading players in its field delivering cutting edge wholesale solutions to over 1,000 mobile operators, international carriers, ISPs and content providers worldwide. 

In this role, Anne is responsible for overseeing the global sales strategy and business development of wholesale services for Voice, Data, Mobile and Security. Since joining the International Wholesale Division at Orange, Anne has actively contributed to its strategy, growth and transformation into one of the industry world leaders. Anne has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility within the International Carriers management team including Head of European Carrier Sales, and since 2012, Senior Vice President of Global Carrier Sales.  In her most current position, she oversaw the implementation of a new Global Sales organization to assemble the regional Sales teams across voice, data and mobile products.

In May 2021, Capacity Media has selected Anne Morel among the 100 most influential personalities in the wholesale telecommunications industry.

Prior to working in international wholesale, Anne has held various management positions spanning the fields of business development, regulation and merger & acquisitions in both international and multicultural environments. In particular, she worked as Managing Director for Orange in the UK, and actively contributed to the development of the Orange group in the UK through partnership and acquisition.

Anne lives in London where she enjoys spending time with her husband and 2 children.

I am a tech-savvy professional with a Master and Bachelor Degree in Computer Science at Coimbra University and over 15 years of experience in technology across a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to Project Management, Program Management Office (PMO), Demand Manager, Technical Pre-Sales, IT Consultant and Software Developer.

In a nutshell, I'm a versatile IT multilingual professional (Portuguese, English and Spanish), with an in-depth understanding of technology and ability to translate technical and complex projects in a business and commercial orientated solution. Highly skilled in leading and building teams and collaborating with senior executives in improving operations, developing innovative solutions and starting up new business while managing staff and budgets.

Alper Tunga Burak is a Chief Executive Officer of Odine Solutions. He takes an active role in building the strategy for developing new markets, new verticals and diversification of group business lines, as well as strategic marketing with his 19 years of industry experience. He joined Odine Solutions in 2006 at start up bringing years of telecommunications experience in product development, business development, sales engineering, marketing and strategic planning paving the way for Odine Solutions to its current market stance with 170 carrier/operator customers in 36 different countries. Prior to joining Odine Solutions, he was leading the Product&Business development unit of Turkcell Superonline where his role was transforming the company from a leading ISP into a Communications Services Provider. Mr. Burak holds an M.S. degree in Engineering and Technology Management from Bogazici University and a B.S. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Istanbul Technical University.

Giuseppe Valentino leads in Sparkle the Backbone & Infrastructure Solutions - Product Management team. He joined the company in 2003 and he has held senior positions within sales, product management and innovation organizations.

From 1996 to 2002 he worked for GTS/Ebone, a pioneer in IP and cross-border fiber backbones development in Europe, with business development as well as sales responsibilities.

He started his carrier in 1991 at ICT manufacturer Italtel as Project Engineer and worked at Bell Labs in Denver, Colorado, between 1994 and 1995 as coordinator of a joint development program between Italtel and AT&T (now Nokia).

He holds a master degree in Management and Production Engineering from Politecnico di Milano University.

Maurizio Gemito has more than 22 years’ experience in Telco Industry, with many roles in Consumer, Business and Wholesale segments.

In 2007 he started his experience in Sparkle, the international branch of Telecom Italia Group (Tim), where he contributed to develop the International  Wholesale Mobile Portfolio made by: connectivity, security, messaging and roaming services.

He has an extensive experience In Product Management, Innovation, Strategy.

Currently he is the head of the Product Management for Mobile Services and Voice evolution at Sparkle.

Maurizio holds a degree as engineer in Electronic, microwaves and optic systems at Federico II University in Naples, Italy.”

Sophie is the Executive Chairman of 26FIVE, a global consulting firm and innovation labs specialized in brand and growth management. The firm works with F1000, VCs and PEs across offices in New York, Mumbai, and Singapore, and has been behind the reinvention of numerous tech brands, resulting in billion dollars in growth and increased brand valuation. Partners and missions include Accenture, Atos, Equinix, iBASIS, Medidata, Microsoft, PDG, PTC, Tata Communications, Vodafone, and VEON.

She is a global Ambassador for Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) and serves on several non-profit boards. Named Top 15 CEO and Top 10 firm by PR News and PR Week, she was a 2019 Global Women in Tech nominee for Outstanding Achievement as a Disruptor. Sophie is featured on CNBC, MSNBC, BNN and published in Time Magazine, USA Today, AdWeek, PR Week and Luxury Daily, covering trends in innovation, M&A, digital disruption, and consumer behavior. She holds a BA in Economics and a Law Degree from La Sorbonne, Paris. 

Jens Leuchters is the managing director at NewTelco GmbH, where Jens is responsible for sales as well as product development. Jens develops the strategy for the SME market entry, as well as the digitization of internal business processes.

Jens has been in ICT since 1993 and started his career in internal IT at BT. Since 2003 he has been responsible for international management functions, including Interoute (GTT) and NTT.

As Regional Manager starting from 2003, Jens built the carrier business at Interoute. Next to this he was driving the enterprise GTM as well as the integration & migration of the acquired hosting provider PSI-Net in the DACH region.  In 2009 he took over the management of the Japanese NTT Communication for CEE as Region General Manager.  In 2016, Jens took over the SVP Network Services position in NTT Europe, where he pushed ahead with the transformation of the corporate network to SDWAN solutions and transferred the European Network BU into a global network factory.

Jens lives in the area around Frankfurt and is a passionate scuba diver and classic car fan.

Joanna is a global telecoms expert with close to a decade worth of experience in mobile messaging market. Since starting in this field, Joanna has performed numerous commercial and operational roles in the industry including launching the global A2P SMS hub for HGC Global Communications Limited as a part of core leadership team.

Currently, Joanna heads up Global Market Intelligence unit at HAUD  with a strong focus on working with Mobile Operators to help them stay in control of their networks, increase A2P revenues and build great customer experience.

Naaz is responsible for all of Seaborn’s global industry conferences and events. Naaz’s industry experience, gained over 20 years, in operational and marketing roles and her relationships within the market have enabled Seaborn to become a highly recognizable presence in the subsea marketing events space.

Naaz worked as an Events Coordinator in Bermuda for companies such as the Gillette Golf Tour Challenge, Flag Telecom and others creating industry focused events. She was Inventory Manager for the Pan-European Network of Global Crossing, subsequently moving to the Global Network at GC in marketing event initiatives. Naaz was a co-founder of Bax Consulting successfully building out the SGSS system between Trinidad, Guyana and Suriname.

Naaz is a founding member of ‘The Women in Subsea’ movement and is working on Seaborn’s initiative to encourage a younger, more diverse workforce to consider the subsea industry for their future.

Alex Nourouzi is leading the RCS programme at Orange Group, which has launched RCS P2P services in 21 markets and has rolled out RCS A2P bots across than 10 markets to date. He has focused on launching new innovative communications services over the last 15 years, including playing an instrumental role in the launch of the world’s first HD voice service by Orange Moldova. Prior to Orange Group, Alex founded and sold a switched reseller start-up. He has also worked at Orange France, LogicaCMG France and Ovum.

Andy is Chief Operating Officer of Seaborn. He is responsible for leading all aspects of Seaborn’s global operations and engineering. Over the past three decades, Andy has developed and brought into operation numerous transoceanic and regional submarine cable systems connecting Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East.

Andy previously served as Head of Regional Submarine Networks at Global Marine Systems, a preeminent subsea cable installation company. Prior to Global Marine, Andy was an early member of Global Crossing’s Network Team, where he brought into service all of Global Crossing’s submarine networks, and he led engineering and implementation of network upgrades and provisioning of customer circuits on the global submarine network. He also led planning, construction, and operation of Global Crossing’s global NOC

Andy began his submarine telecom career with FLAG (FEA Submarine System), where he was responsible for the successful commissioning and bringing into service of all 15 segments of the Europe to Asia submarine system and for the centralized management of the entire system from the FNOC in Fujairah, UAE.

Most recently, Andy led the project management for a new 1,240 km submarine fiber optic cable system linking Trinidad, Guyana and Suriname.

Andy served in the Royal Air Force where he received a degree in Electronic Engineering and Aerospace Studies, and thereafter entered the telecom industry with NYNEX in the UK.

Robert is the Head of Messaging at BT and leads the team responsible for the strategy, development and sale of BT’s Smart Messaging products into brands. The team also manages EE’s (owned by BT) wholesale partner relationships and A2P SMS, MMS and RCS products. Their current focus is on enhancing their portfolio to provide a Richer Media proposition to the Wholesale and Enterprise market . Robert previously worked at Orange and has a passion for technology and security.

Hasan Zainal is the Head of International Capacity at Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in Bahrain, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing

Hasan joined Batelco in 2007 and led the product management and development of various services and segments.

He led multiple projects to expand Batelco’s presence in Europe and the Middle East, also the launch of Batelco’s first owned cable system (BGN).

Hasan currently leads the development and operations of Batelco’s international assets, capacities and new cable systems. Driven by the passion to reshape the regions and making Bahrain as the leading digital hub.

Federico Homberg leads Business Development & Innovation at Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier. In this role he is responsible for developing and implementing growth opportunities in International Wholesale but also for assessing the potential of new technologies around 5G SA, SD-X, XaaS or delivering new wholesale products via exposing APIs.

Prior to joining International Mobile Wholesale, Federico worked in multiple functions at Deutsche Telecom including International Mobile Wholesale, Group Business Development and Group Strategy. Before joining Deutsche Telekom, Federico worked as management consultant. Federico holds an MBA from the University of Mannheim.

Steffen Oefner is the heading the Mobile Wholesale Business Models team at Deutsche Telekom – Segment Europe. In this role, Steffen is responsible for Deutsche Telekom´s Mobile Wholesale business in the European footprint together with the local teams. This includes developing and implementing growth opportunities with existing and potential partners.

Prior to joining Mobile Wholesale, Steffen worked in multiple international functions at Deutsche Telekom. Before Deutsche Telekom, Steffen worked as a management consultant, specializing in business strategy, product and pricing related projects for numerous mobile and fixed-line operator across Europe. Steffen holds a Master in Economics from Philipps-University of Marburg.

Alexey Yanson graduated from St. Petersburg State University with the degree in Economy and Business Administration. Alexey has been with LANCK Telecom since the company foundation. Started as a Business Development Manager 17 years ago, Alexey became CEO of LANCK Telecom in 2008. Under auspices of Alexey LANCK has become one of the relevant telecom market players involved in GSMA association, PTC, CC and other telecom carrier communities.

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