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21 January 2020, Davos, Switzerland
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21-22 September 2019, New York, USA
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10 July 2019, Port Vila, Vanuatu
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Commissioner's Profile
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Mr Carlos Slim HELÚ
Co-Chair, Carlos Slim Foundation
Without a doubt, broadband is the nervous system of today’s new civilization, so broadband access is a top priority for our technological society. It is very important that broadband be a high-quality universal service at a low cost...
H.E. President Paul KAGAME
Co-Chair, Republic of Rwanda
The transformational impact of broadband on people’s lives and global economies is no longer questionable; the remaining challenge is to extend these obvious benefits to the majority of global citizens and allow them to unleash their creative ...
Mr Amir DOSSAL
Global Partnerships Forum
The leadership role of the Broadband Commission will provide a strong platform for achieving the MDGs. If we are to improve the quality of life for the underprivileged, we must engage all of the actors to develop innovative partnerships...
Dr Hessa AL JABER
Eshailsat
Dr. Hessa Al-Jaber is the chairperson of Trio Investment, a technology investment company that invest in innovative technology that address some of the most pressing health problems in MENA region.
Mr Keng Thai LEONG
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
A country’s broadband network is a basic infrastructure and a critical foundation for economic and societal development. Through the innovative services that emerge from such networks, everyone, including the disabled and the less-privileged, can...
Mr Paul MITCHELL
Microsoft Corporation
Paul Mitchell is General Manager, Technology Policy at Microsoft Corporation. In this capacity, he is responsible for policy engagement on long-term technology evolution. Mr. Mitchell assumed his current role in July 2011. He is responsible for...
Mr Sunil Bharti MITTAL
Bharti Enterprises
India and other emerging markets can significantly enhance their economic activities through broadband penetration. Lack of developed infrastructure can be overcome through provision of broadband services and a broadband communication highway opens..
Ms Phumzile MLAMBO-NGCUKA
UN Women
Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women. She was sworn into office on 19 August 2013 and brings a wealth of experience and expertise to this position having devoted her career to...
Mr Denis O'BRIEN
Digicel Group
Denis O'Brien is the Chairman of the Digicel Group and serves as a UN Broadband Commissioner for Sustainable Development.
Prof. Jeffrey SACHS
United Nations and Columbia University
Jeffrey D. Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is also Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...
Mr Hans VESTBERG
Verizon
Vestberg was a founding member of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Broadband Commission for Digital Development, where he led climate-change and digital-health initiatives. He is past chairman of the Swedish Olympic Committee and a cu
Ms Sun YAFANG
Huawei Technologies
Ms. Yafang Sun is Huawei’s Chairwoman, a position she has held since 1999. Ms. Sun’s leadership has taken Huawei from a small local enterprise to a global giant providing innovative technologies and tailored solutions and services to leading...
Dr Chang-Gyu HWANG
KT Corporation
Broadband is more than connection. It serves as an essential platform that will enable people to unleash their dream and empower companies to create new business opportunities and flourish...
Mr Houlin ZHAO
Secretary General, ITU
Broadband networks offer perhaps the greatest opportunity we have ever had to make rapid and solid advances in global social and economic development – across all sectors, including healthcare, education, new job opportunities, transportation ...
Dr Carlos M. JARQUE
América Móvil
Since April 2013 he is Executive Director at America Movil, responsible for Corporate, Government and International Relations, supporting interaction with governments and the relationship with the CEO's of the countries in various fields. America Mov
Dr Ann AERTS
Novartis Foundation
Dr. Ann Aerts has been Head of the Novartis Foundation since January 2013, where she has played a key role in devising new policy recommendations. She has the exciting responsibility of heading an organization committed to exploring innovative soluti
Mr Kevin MARTIN
Facebook
Kevin Martin is the Vice-President for Mobile and Global Access Policy at Facebook, where he oversees, among others, Facebook's free access program Internet.org. Previously, he served as Chairman (2005-2009) and Commissioner (2001-2005) of the Feder
H. E. Mr Hamad Obaid Al MANSOORI
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
H. E. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori currently holds the position of Director General, the General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunications Sector. He is the Director General of UAE mGovernment, having held this position from April 2014 and the Deput
Dato’ Ir. (Dr.) Lee Yee CHEONG
ISTIC
Dato' Lee is the Malaysian Chairman, Governing Council, International Science Technology and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation under the auspices of UNESCO (ISTIC), Kuala Lumpur; Member of the National Science and Research Council, Malays
Prof. Nicholas NEGROPONTE
MIT Media Lab
In 2005 he founded the non-profit One Laptop per Child, which deployed $1 billion of laptops for primary education in the developing world.
Mr Robert KIRKPATRICK
UN Global Pulse
Director of Global Pulse, an innovation initiative of the United Nations Secretary-General driving a big data revolution for global development and resilience (www.unglobalpulse.org). Global Pulse's network of innovation Labs in New York, Uganda and
Mr Rajeev SURI
Nokia
Rajeev is a leader with a passion for creating value, generating growth, and delivering technologies that have a positive impact on people’s lives. He has deep expertise in many areas of technology, particularly mobile networks and related topics suc
Mr Chuck ROBBINS
Cisco
On May 1, 2015, Chuck Robbins was elected Chief Executive Officer by Cisco's Board of Directors, effective July 26, 2015. He became a member of the Board effective May 1, 2015. In his previous role as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field ....
Mr Rupert PEARCE
Inmarsat plc
Rupert has been Chief Executive Officer of Inmarsat plc, the world's leading global mobile satellite communications network operator, since January 2012. Rupert joined Inmarsat in January 2005 as Group General Counsel ....
Mr Scott GEGENHEIMER
Zain
Mr. Scott Gegenheimer is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Telecommunications Company KSCP (Zain), a leading multinational telecommunications operator present in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa with over 45 million customer
Mr Mats GRANRYD
GSMA
Mats Granryd is Director General of the GSMA and a Member of its Board. In this role, he leads the GSMA in supporting its global membership through a range of industry programmes, advocacy initiatives and industry-convening events...
Baroness Beeban KIDRON
Filmmaker and Founder of 5Rights
Beeban Kidron is a British filmmaker who has spent 35 years working in feature film, television drama and documentary. Her films range from commercial cinema, to artist portraits and hard-hitting documentaries: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason; To W
H.E. Mr Ramin GULUZADE
Republic of Azerbaijan
H.E. Ramin Gu has been the Minister of Communications since January 2016.
Mr Börje EKHOLM
Ericsson Group
Börje Ekholm is President and CEO of the Ericsson Group.
H.E. Dr. Amani ABOU-ZEID
African Union Commission (AUC)
Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid is the newly elected Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy at the African Union Commission (AUC). She is in charge of sectors covering Energy, Transport, Tourism and ICT
Ms Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘ UTOIKAMANU
UN-OHRLLS
Executive Officer in the Ministry of Tourism of Tonga from January 2017. Ms. 'Utoikamanu brings with her a wealth of national, regional and international experience at various senior leadership levels, with a strategic perspective for the mandate of
Mr Patrick MASAMBU
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
Mr Patrick Masambu was elected as the Director General of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) at the organization’s Assembly of Parties meeting held in Washington, D.C in October 2016
Mr. Achim STEINER
UNDP
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As UNDP Administrator, Mr Steiner also chairs the UN Development Group, which unites the 32 UN funds, programmes, specialized agencies and other bodies that work to support sustainable development...
Mr Dongyu Qu
FAO
Qu Dongyu, who took office on 1 August 2019 as Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, has spent his life working on how to make sure the world is fed. Born in 1963 to a rice-growing family in China’s Hunan P
Mr Filippo GRANDI
UNHCR
Filippo Grandi became the 11th United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on 1 January 2016. He was elected by the UN General Assembly to serve a five-year term, until 31 December 2020.
Dr Mohammed ALTAMIMI
CITC
Dr. Mohammed Altamimi, Governor of the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), has extensive experience in organizational governance, politics, and competitive economics, and is recognized as a global expert in wireless networks
Dr Mukhisa KITUYI
UNCTAD
Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi became the seventh Secretary-General of UNCTAD on 1 September 2013. He has an extensive background as an elected official, academic and holder of high government office...
Ms Audrey AZOULAY
Co-Vice Chair, UNESCO
Having worked in the sector of culture since the start of her professional career, Audrey Azoulay has notably focused on the funding of French public broadcasting and on the reform and modernization of France’s film support system.
H.E. Dr. Pichet DURONGKAVEROJ
Thailand
An outstanding career in the field of public policy, he has contributed to his country the design, formulation, and implementation of major national policies including science & technology, innovation, ICT, e-commerce, and education. His contribution
Mr. Bocar BA
Samena Telecommunications Council
As UNDP Administrator, Mr Steiner also chairs the UN Development Group, which unites the 32 UN funds, programmes, specialized agencies and other bodies that work to support sustainable development...
H.E. Ms. Aurélie Adam- Soule ZOUMAROU
Benin
Mrs. Aurelie Adam Soule Zoumarou is a skilled Telecommunications and ICTs professional who has built up an experience in the ICT industry (SFR France, Accenture France, ARCEP Benin, GSMA Afrique).
Dr Joanna RUBINSTEIN
World Childhood Foundation
In 2015, Rubinstein was appointed as President & CEO of World Childhood Foundation (WCF) USA. Founded in 1999 by Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden, WCF invests in innovative programs to end violence and child sexual abuse and exploitation. An exper
Mr Adrian LOVETT
Web Foundation
Adrian played a key leadership role in successful campaigns such as Make Poverty History and the Jubilee 2000 campaign to cancel the debts of developing countries. He has also held senior roles at the likes of Oxfam and Save the Children.
Dr Tedros Adhanom GHEBREYESUS
World Health Organization
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was elected as WHO Director-General for a five-year term by WHO Member States at the Seventieth World Health Assembly in May 2017.
Ms Doreen BOGDAN-MARTIN
ITU
Doreen Bogdan-Martin was elected Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau on the 1st of November 2018. She took office on the 1st of January 2019. She serves as Coordinator of the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development.
Mr. Stephane Richard
Orange
Stéphane Richard, Stéphane Richard, born in 1961, has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Orange SA since March 1, 2011.
H.E. Ms Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams
South Africa
Ms Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams is the Minister of Communications, responsible for executive oversight over the Departments of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) and Communications (DoC).
Ms. Henrietta H. FORE
UNICEF
Henrietta H. Fore became UNICEF's seventh Executive Director on 1 January 2018. She has worked to champion economic development, education, health, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in a public service, private sector and non-profit leaders
Dr. Moez Chakchouk
Focal Point, UNESCO
Moez is a fervent defender of online human rights, he participated in different forums and conferences and he was selected in 2015 as a member of the Global Commission on Internet Governance
Mr Makhtar DIOP
The World Bank
Makhtar Diop is the World Bank's Vice President for Infrastructure, a position he assumed on July 1st, 2018. The Infrastructure Vice Presidency comprises Energy & Extractives, Transport, Digital Development as well as Infrastructure Finance, Public-P
Mr Lacina KONE
Smart Africa
Mr Lacina Koné, is the Director General /CEO of Smart Africa since 1st March 2019. Prior to that, he was the advisor to the Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire for Digital Transformation and Public
H.E. Ms Makiko Yamada
MIC
Ms Makiko Yamada serves as Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination for the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC). She began her career in the Ministry of Poity of heading an organization committed to exploring innovative soluti
Mr Andrew Sullivan
ISOC
Andrew Sullivan joined the Internet Society as President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2018. He has worked on Internet infrastructure and standards since 2001. In 2012 he joined Dyn (later, Oracle Dyn) to establish Dyn Labs and then to ma
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