Mr S. M. Monir Ahmed, Commissioner, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)

Mr Russell T Ahmed, Chief Operating Officer, Aamra Networks Russell T. Ahmed is the Chief Operating Officer of aamra networks limited (www.aamra.com.bd), the leading Corporate ISP (Internet Service Provider) of Bangladesh. Other than the regular Internet, the Company offers critical networking services like IPLC, IPVPN, Data Security, Anti Spam etc. for corporate houses. Under his leadership the company has grown business volume year by year and achieved success in introducing new products & in bringing International business alliances. Considering his skill of new business development, Russell Ahmed has been awarded the responsibility of COO of other ICT concerns by “aamra” Group Management. The companies are BangladeshInfo.com, The Leading & Mostly browsed Web Portal of the country and aamra outsourcing limited, solution provider for BPO (Business Process Outsourcing). He successfully introduced “aamra outsourcing” in the European & US Market for outsourcing option where huge challenge from Indian companies always exists.

Mr Sumon Ahmed Shabir, Managing Director, BDCOM Online Ltd.

Mr Ghalib A Ansari, Chief Executive Officer, True Communication Ltd

Mr Syed Yamin Bakht, Director - Public Relations, Grameenphone Syed Yamin Bakht is the Director of the Public Relations Division. He joined the company as the Head of Information Department in June 1999. He is the company’s main point of contact for media related queries. Educated in the United States as a Journalist, Yamin has more than a decade of previous working experience in the media both at home and abroad. He has worked in senior positions of some leading newspapers in Bangladesh.

Mr Ahmad Tabshir Choudhury , Project Director - IT , Premier Bank Limited

Mr Mehboob Chowdhury, Chairman, South Asia GSM Forum

Mr Shahid M. Chughtai, Head – Corporate Quality Assurance, Warid Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd.

Mr Federick Chui, SVP, EMEA, International Products & Solutions, PCCW Global Frederick K.F. Chui is Senior Vice President of International Products & Solutions, PCCW Global at PCCW Limited, responsible for managing the Company’s international products management and development and marketing around the globe. Mr Chui joined Hongkong Telecom in 1991. Since then, he had held a number of management positions in the Company responsible for solution design, product management, development and marketing for both local and international services. Mr Chui is a graduate of the University of Nottingham with BEng and Executive MBA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Mr Azad Delwar Hossain, Dy. Director & Head - Financial Services, Grameenphone

Mr Gehan Dias, AVP – Cards & Alternate Distribution Channels , Cards & Alternate Distribution Channels, NDB Bank Gehan is the Assistant Vice President for Cards and Alternate Distribution Channels at NDB bank, Sri Lanka. His main responsibility in his current role is, as the project manager and the business head for South Asia’s first commercially launched m-Commerce product ‘eZ Pay’. The ‘eZ Pay’ product has been launched by NDB bank in partnership with Dialog Telekom PLC. Gehan, has had broad experience over the past 18 years in both retail and corporate banking, in local and international banks. These include product development, marketing, risk management, credit administration, operations and project management, among a variety of management positions. Within the payments business Gehan has key relationships with payment associations, card issuers, card acquirers, processors and technology vendors. He is an industry leader and was the secretary of the Card Industry Task Force (CITF), Sri Lanka for many years. Gehan started his career with ANZ Grindlays Bank and then moved over to Standard Chartered Bank with the global merger. Thereafter, he served in the public sector for a short period having held the position of Head of Cards Business at the largest commercial bank in Sri Lanka – People’s Bank, prior to taking up his current role.

Mr Wangay Dorji, Head – Telecommunications, Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA)

Mr Thinley Dorji, Managing Director, Bhutan Telecom Thinley Dorji is a veteran in the telecom sector with more than 23 years of experience with the incumbent operator and regulator. He led the construction of the first country-wide National Telecom Network and the country’s first satellite earth station. He also established the country’s telecommunication regulatory body in 2000 and was actively involved in drafting of the Bhutan Information, Communications and Media Act 2006. In 2005, he became the Managing Director of Bhutan Telecommunications Ltd and has been the driving force behind the operator’s growth and technology advancement. He has a Post graduate Diploma in Management of Telecommunications Systems from University of Essex, UK and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin, US.

Ms Rubaba Dowla, Director - Marketing, Grameenphone

Mr T R Dua, Senior Director, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI)

Mr Rohit Gupta, AVP - Value Added Services & Enterprise Market Planning, Tata Teleservices

Mr Khalid Hasan, Director - Corporate Affairs, Grameenphone Khalid Hasan was appointed as Director, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, in May 2001. He has a Masters Degree in Business Management from Dhaka University. Khalid has acquired a wide range of experiences during the last two decades in international business development, specializing in breakthrough joint ventures and global partnerships in rapidly changing, highly competitive environments. Prior to joining Grameenphone, he was the country manager for General Electric (GE).

Mr Kabir Hasan, General Manager - System Engineering, Teletalk Bangladesh

Mr Muhammad Aslam Hayat, Consultant - Regulatory & Interconnection, Grameenphone

Mr Zeeshan K. Huq, Senior Manager - Marketing, Warid Telecom International

Mr Rajesh Kumar, Joint Deputy Director General (CMTS), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) Rajesh Kumar is working in the Cellular Planning unit of BSNL. He is responsible for GSM expansion in BSNL network. He was instrumental in rolling WiMAX network (d version) of BSNL and also planned for the WiMAX(e) rollout to be undertaken by BSNL. He is also involved in the development of Next Generation Network of BSNL . Rajesh Kumar has spent fourteen years in BSNL, which is the largest telecom service provider in India. He had worked in different engineering and management positions in BSNL and his area of concentration are Marketing and Development and Operation of wireline and wireless network. He is a post graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi and has also done MBA from Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode.

Mr Daniel Lo, Head - Next Generation Network Development, Hong Kong Broadband Network Mr. Daniel Lo is the Head of Next Generation Network Development of Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited. Daniel possesses valuable experience in Next Generation Network establishment as he has been staying with HKBN since its inception. Currently, he is a specialist in Metro Ethernet FTTX deployment in residential and corporate markets to support "multi-play" applications including broadband, VoIP and IP-TV services. Apart from technical arrangements, Daniel also plays a significant role in inter-operator interconnection negotiation and network dimensioning of HKBN’s service kick-off, as well as wholesales business negotiation. Throughout the years of services, Daniel has participated in several important projects. He has engaged in Government consultation on topics of “Full Liberalization of Fixed Telecom Market”, “Local Loop Unbundling”, “VoIP” and “Fixed-Mobile Convergence” which helped contribute to HKBN’s role as a pioneer of telecommunications in Hong Kong.

Mr Pallab Mitra, Head of Commerce, Marketing Innovation, Bharti Airtel

Mr Mubashir Naqvi, Managing Partner, Mint Consulting Group

Ms Anoja Obeyesekere, Chairman, GSMA APAC

Mr Zain Omar , CEO, Access Telecom (BD) Ltd.

Ms Claire Paponneau, Executive Vice-President - International Wholesale Solutions, International Wholesale Solutions, Orange Claire Paponneau is Executive Vice-President of International Wholesale Solutions of the France Telecom Group in which the key brand is Orange. The France Telecom Group provides innovative services to more than 1000 mobile operators, international carriers, ISPs and content providers. Before taking up her current position in 2002, Claire was Executive Vice-President of International Networks. Claire joined the France Telecom Group in 1984 and has been involved in the management of networks, services and video planning as well as finance, planning and information systems. She was also responsible for setting up a unified organization of multicultural teams in 2000 following the France Telecom acquisition of Global One (later to become Orange Business Services, the world leader in the corporate services market). Claire is a graduate of the French National School of Telecommunications and the Ecole des Mines, Paris. She also holds a research degree in Mathematics from the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris.

Mr Manjula Pathiranage, Head – Operations & Maintenance, Suntel Limited

Mr Md. Mujibur Rahman, Managing Director, Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd.

Mr Omer Rashid, Chief Commercial Officer, Banglalink GSM Prior to joining the Banglalink team, Omer Rashid spent almost four years in Mobilink (Orascom Telecom's operation in Pakistan) where he was looking after Marketing Strategy and Planning. Omer has a diversified background as he started his career as an engineer having specialized in feedback control systems. After working as a Systems engineer in a Research & Development (R&D) organization for over three years, he decided to pursue an MBA degree in marketing. He then joined Nestle's brand management team and managed the NESCAFE brand for a year and a half, before joining Mobilink in 2001.

Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Executive Director, LIRNEasia Rohan Samarajiva is Executive Director of LIRNEasia [pronounced Learn Asia], a regional think tank specializing in ICT policy and regulation. It is active in ten emerging economies across South and Southeast Asia. Samarajiva was Team Leader at the Ministry for Economic Reform, Science and Technology of the government of Sri Lanka (2002-04) responsible for infrastructure reforms, a founder director of the ICT Agency (2003-05), and Director General of Telecommunications (1998-99). He also helped design the comprehensive ICT development initiative known as e Sri Lanka.

Mr Samir Satchu, Chief Legal Counsel And Head Of Government Affairs, Roshan Telecom

Dr Sankassa Senevirathna, Senior Manager - QoS and System Administration, Department of Projects and Planning, Lanka Bell

Mr Nikhil Shah, Board Member – VP International Development, IP / MPLS Forum

Mr Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, International Telecommunication Union (Asia and the Pacific), Sameer Sharma is currently Senior Advisor for IP based Networks and ICT Applications posted in ITU Regional office for Asia and the Pacfic in Bangkok, responsible for ten countries in South Asia covering India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Israel and Maldives. His addtional thematic funcations include partnership with private sector members for the whole Asia and Pacific region with ove 40 countries. He is also responsible for ITU Asia Pacific Regional Initiatives on NGN planning and migration and collaboration between ITU-T and ITU-D and currently undertaking various projects on USP, VoIP, Broadband, NGN etc. He is also the focal point for interface with UN agencies such as UNESCAP for ITU work on ICT related to MDG and WSIS targets.

Mr Pradeep Shrivastava, CMO, IDEA Cellular Pradeep Shrivastava, Chief Marketing Officer – Marketing, Idea Cellular Ltd., India is part of a dynamic Executive Committee of this leading cellular service provider in India, which has established itself as one of the top mobile operators in a fast growing Indian Cellular Market with many firsts to its credit. A post graduate from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Pradeep’s career spanning 24 years has taken him to successfully manage diversified business such as food in HLL, advertising in Lintas and start up operation in computer, software, EPABX, retailing etc.

Mr Druvi Sirisena, Unit Manager, Mobile Commerce Group Commercial, Dialog Telekom Druvi Sirisena joined Dialog Telekom in January 2007 and is working as a Unit Manager for the Mobile Commerce business unit. Prior to joining Dialog Telekom, Druvi was in the software development industry where he worked as an IT Business Analyst. Druvi holds a Bachelors degree in IT from Queensland University of Technology Australia and a MBA (Finance Major) from Deakin University Australia.

Mr Ricardo Tavares, Senior Vice President - Public Policy, GSM Association

Ms Yeshey Tshogay, Manager - IN & VAS, B-Mobile Division, Bhutan Telecom Yeshey Tshogay has 7 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. She worked as a Project Engineer when mobile network was built for the first time in Bhutan. Later she headed the billing operations for the mobile division and is currently Manager of IN & VAS overseeing all technical and commercial aspects of prepaid and Value Added Service implementations. She also managed the 3G project and was responsible for managing all the resources as well as technical integrations involved in the implementation of the 3G and GPRS network for Bhutan Telecom. She has a Masters in Communications Management from Strathclyde University, UK and a Bachelor of Engineering from Thammasat Univeristy, Thailand.

Mr Wahaj us Siraj, Chief Executive Officer, Micronet Broadband Wahaj us Siraj is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Micronet Broadband (Pvt) Ltd. which was the first company to launch broadband Digital Subscribers Line (DSL) services in Pakistan in 2002. After successful operations of Micronet BB, Mr. Siraj co-founded another telecom company, Naya Tel (Pvt) Ltd., which has installed first fiber to the home (FTTH) project in Islamabad, Pakistan to provide voice, video and high speed Internet access to the corporate and home users. Mr. Siraj has vast experience in Internet and telecom industry and also worked with the Government of Pakistan at policy making level. Mr. Siraj holds a Masters Degree in Engineering from The University of Melbourne, Australia and a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore. Mr. Siraj is a founder member of ISPAK (Internet Service Providers Association of Pakistan) and has been a strong activist for reforms in Pakistani IT and Telecom industry.

Mr Tandi Wangchuk, General Manager - B-Mobile Division, Bhutan Telecom