Board of Advisors
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Mr. James Smith, Esq. Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Jim Smith is a telecommunications attorney in the Washington, D.C. office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, an international law firm of over 400 attorneys with a significant telecom, transactional and corporate practice. Jim’s practice includes telecommunications regulatory advice, public policy advocacy, and transactional and contract representation. He frequently represents numerous telecommunications clients and coalitions before governmental bodies and as an author, speaker, and commentator. learn more... |
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Mr. Justin Connor, Esq. Chairman, Dubai Corporate Counsel Group Mr. Justin Connor was recently appointed as a consultant to SAMENA Council in the capacity of a strategic regulatory advisor. Justin Connor is an American lawyer and before moving to Dubai, Justin was the Senior Attorney and the Middle East advisor at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in Washington DC where he drafted orders, regulations and policies on telecom regulation, reviewed mergers, prepared Congressional testimony and advised on international trade/WTO matters. learn more... |
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Mr. David Castillo President, Al Harbi International Mr. Castillo consults, designs, and meets regularly with executives from a variety of fields to help create synergistic solutions to regional and world-impacting communications concerns. As President of Al Harbi Telecom, Marketing and Sales and Al Harbi International, Mr. Castillo has led the company to becoming a major WAN provider and VSAT Solutions Creator, supplying a full spectrum of expert telecommunications services to countries, corporations, government, military, international and non-profit organizations. learn more... |
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Mr. Ghazi Atallah Senior Advisor, neXgen Advisory Group Mr. Ghazi Atallah serves as the Managing Director of neXgen Group, a company focused on helping Telecom SPs, Governments, and real estate developers to extract value out of next generation technology. He has a responsibility that spans the overall strategy and development of the company. He also takes an active role in projects with leading real estate developers to develop Smart City business Models, with leading regional Telecom Service Providers in the Middle East and North Africa regions. learn more... |
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Mr. Bahjat El Darwiche Vice President, Booz & Co. Bahjat El-Darwiche is a Partner based in the Beirut office. He is a member of the firm's Communications and Technology practice and has participated in a number of telecommunications policy and regulatory management assignments, primarily in the context of sector strategy, market liberalization, and corporate development programs. learn more... |