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Speakers 
 Gunnar Asp,
CEO,
Comhem
Professional background
2003 - present: Com Hem, CEO
2002-2003: Own Consultancy agency within telecom
1988-2002: Stjärn-TV/UPC
Various positions, last two years as CEO
- 1988: Stockholm City Council Financial dept.
Utbildning
BA University of Stockholm
Age: 50
Marital status: married with two children
Hobby: Sailing
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 Mr John Cronin,
CEO,
Azure
John joined Azure in April 2002 as CEO. He has set the company’s strategic and commercial direction and overseen the company’s spin out from BT in spring 2003.
John has more than 25 years experience in the telecommunications industry in international, European and domestic telecommunications markets. He has an entrepreneurial skill set, which is complemented with corporate management experience and an in-depth understanding of key indicators. John is an accomplished and recognised business leader and investor in the telecoms industry and has built several companies as well as leading divisions in larger corporate organisations. His career includes senior roles in NetSource Europe, Kast Telecom, Teleglobe, Mercury Communications and BT. Within these roles, John has also been responsible for mergers & acquisitions across Europe and has been instrumental in raising equity, senior department facility and vendor financing funding.
As group chief executive of NetSource Europe, John lead a dual strategy to prepare NetSource for either an IPO or structured sale, growing revenues to more than $100m, which resulted in the successful sale of the company to GTS in 1998 for more than $300m. Prior to joining NetSource, John was managing director of Teleglobe for the UK and Ireland achieving significant results including key strategic alliances and partnerships.
John joined Brightstar, BTexact Technologies corporate incubator in Sep 2001 and was part of the senior management team of two companies in incubation: Qariba and Evolved Networks. John’s role was to drive these companies through their initial development and growth stage.
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 Mr Ove Ericsson,
CEO,
Citylink
Ove Ericsson is CEO of Citylink since December 2002. He was previously General Manager of Energis Inc. based in Reston Virginia. Prior to leading the US arm of Energis he held a number of senior marketing and sales positions with Energis in the UK, Unisource Carrier Services in Switzerland and Telia in Sweden. Mr. Ericsson has 18 years of experience from the telecommunications industry. He has educational background in engineering and business administration.
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Espen Fjogstad,
CEO,
Telio
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Brian Gjerstrup,
Director,
CBB Mobil
41 years old
MBA from London, 1992
Management Consult, Mercuri International
Marketinmanager, Nordic Film
Marketingdirector and co-startup, Scandinavia Online
Internetdirector, Worldonline
CEO, Telia Intenet
CEO, HumanConsult
Sales & marketingdirector, CBB Mobil
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 Mr Anders Igel,
CEO,
TeliaSonera
Anders Igel was appointed President and CEO of the Swedish telecom operator Telia on July 1, 2002. Since the merger between Telia and the Finnish telecom operator Sonera in December 2002 he is President and CEO of TeliaSonera.
Prior to joining Telia, Anders Igel was President and CEO of Esselte. He also has a twenty-year career with Ericsson behind him, holding a wide variety of executive positions within the group, such as overall business responsible for the Middle East, South-East Asia and Latin America, Managing Director of Ericsson Ltd. in the UK, head of the Public Networks and Infocom Systems business areas and Executive Vice President of the Ericsson Group.
Anders Igel holds a Master of Engineering degree from the Stockholm Royal Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.
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Svante Jurnell,
CEO,
IP Only
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 Ms Eva Lindqvist,
President,
TeliaSonera International Carrier
Eva Lindqvist, President of TeliaSonera International Carrier, has held a long line of positions within the telecom industry.
Eva was previously employed by the Ericsson Group, where for 18 years she held leading positions in Japan, Australia and the US. Back in Sweden in 1998, Eva was nominated R & D Director for Corporate Technology at Ericsson.
After a year as Managing Partner at Sandberg & Trygg B2B advertising agency, Eva joined Telia in 2000 as Senior Vice President and project leader for broadening the ownership of companies in the Enterprises Business Area. The following year she was appointed Head of the Equity Business Area and became a member of Telia’s Group Management.
Early in 2002, Eva left Equity for Telia Mobile where she was assigned Senior Vice President with special responsibility for all staff units and overall strategic business development. In September 2002 Eva Lindqvist was appointed President of Telia International Carrier. Presently, Eva is responsible for all international carrier activities within the TeliaSonera Group and President of TeliaSonera International Carrier.
Eva Lindqvist was born in 1958 and holds a Master of Science, Engineering degree, in Applied Physics from Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden, and a Master of Business Administration from Melbourne Graduate School of Management, Melbourne University, Australia.
TeliaSonera International Carrier, fully-owned by the TeliaSonera Group, provides wholesale, capacity and IP services to network and service providers. The services are based on the wholly-owned European and trans-Atlantic fibre network, and the IP network with peering points in Europe and in the US. The international voice business is focused on international interconnect agreements and bilateral routes.
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 Mr Shlomo Liran,
CEO,
3 Sweden and Denmark
Shlomo Liran is CEO of 3 Scandinavia. Before joining 3 he was CEO for Yes TV in Israel. He thoroughly restructured the company, created unrivalled growth into 400K subscribers in 3 years, brought the company to a positive EBITDA in its 12th quarter, achived clear brand superiority over cable monopoly and highest satisfaction rating and ARPU in the industry. Before that mr Liran was CEO of Strauss, a leading private Branded-food company in Israel.
He was born in israel 1951 and has a degre in industrial engineering.
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 Mr Matti Makkonen,
CEO,
Finnet
Matti Makkonen, born in 1952, a pioneer in Finnish mobile communications.
2003 - present: CEO of Finnet Ltd
Former positions:
2000 - 2003: Senior Vice President, Nokia Networks Professional Services
1998 - 2000: Executive Vice President, Sonera
1989 - 1998: Director, Senior Vice President, Telecom Finland
1976 - 1988: System planning engineer, Deputy Director, Telecom Finland
1976: Master of Science degree in engineering, University of Oulu
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 Michael Mandahl,
Venture Partner,
Brainheart
Michael Mandahl (1964), Venture Partner. After studies and a few years of research in computer science at the University of Umeå he spent time with IBM in the automotive industry. He has since 1990 worked as an entrepreneur creating and leading several successful companies in the IT arena, including Unusual Systems, sold to Guide and IQ Media, sold to BMG. His latest operational role was as CEO of Mobeon, a BrainHeart investment in the Mobile Messaging space. Since 2002 he is working with BrainHeart Capital. Most of his spare time is spent sailing with his family.
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 Mr Reinier Meuwissen,
MD, Northern Europe and Scandinavia,
European Computer Telecoms
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Mr Sten Nordell,
VP Networks and Platform Strategy,
Telenor
Sten Nordell , VP Networks and Platforms Strategy Telenor Group. Previously a Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Utfors AB, Sten is now responsible at Telenor ASA for Networks and Platforms Strategy for the Group
Born 1958. Employed by The Telenor Group since March 2003.
-1999-2003 A Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Utfors AB, the full Nordic al IP/Ethernet based Broadband Service Provider.
-1998-1999, Director of Business & Technology Strategy EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa) of Nortel Networks, for both the Carriers and Enterprise Line of Business with placement in London.
-1996-1997, CTO of Bay Networks Internet and Telecom group in EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa) with placement in France.
-1992-1996, CTO of Synoptics Nordic AB and Bay Networks Nordic AB.
-1990-1992, Business Development Manager for Data General Nordic AB
-1984-1990, Nokia Information Systems (Nokia Data). IT, Systems and Development Manager with responsibility for Terminal Systems and Bank & Retail. Manager of Product and Development for Nokia Information Systems AB.
With a MBA at the University of Stockholm and a degree in Natural Science and Computer Technology, Sten has more than 20 years experience in Networking including Routers, Network Operating Systems, Network Protocols, Switches, Broadband Networks and Mobile Network design. He is also a pioneer in Client Server and Network Application Development, both in PC and UNIX environments and has a special interest in High Speed Networks and Network design.
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 Mr Bengt Nordstrom,
CEO,
Northstream AB
Mr Nordström is the co-founder and CEO of Northstream AB. In Northstream, aside of his overall executive function, one of Bengt's key role has been to contribute with overall telecommunications aspects, business managerial aspects, practical implementation and operations know-how and international network experiences into the projects of Northstream. Prior to founding Northstream he held the position as CTO and Executive Director of Smartone in Hong Kong. Other management positions include Ericsson, Comviq and Netcom consultants, the latter which he also co-founded. Bengt has held a position in the Executive Committee of the GSM Association as well as Chairing the GSM Association Asia Pacific Interest Group.
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 Mr Andrey Semin-Vadov,
Senior Vice President,
TransTeleCom
Andrey Semin-Vadov joined TransTeleCom in 1999. As Vice President he headed first marketing and sales and later corporate clients relations department.
A. Semin-Vadov has a large work experience in telecommunications companies. Before 1998 he was Sales Director of DeTeSat (satellite operator of Deutsche Telecom) for Russia and CIS; in 1991-1996 - Sales Director of Sovam Teleport (GTS holding, today Golden Telecom) for Russian regions and CIS countries. Andrey Semin-Vadov first in 7 years' history of Sovam Teleport got a prestigious award "Best Seller of the Year" for successful activities in sales. According to the expert rating of the Career Magazine he is one of the top 30 commercial directors in Russia.
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 Rikard Steiber,
CEO,
Digiscope
Mr. Steiber is the founder and CEO of the Digiscope Group the leading Nordic customer relations consultancy. Mr. Steiber has extensive experience as a trusted advisor to government and top management in leading telecom and media companies in the Nordic countries. He is also a sought after speaker at international conferences specializing in topics like: customer relations, Interactive media content, broadband, mobile internet, entrepreneurship and key challenges in the telecom industry.
Before founding Digiscope, Mr. Steiber was one of the co-founders and a senior director at Scandinavia Online AB, the leading public Internet service company in Scandinavia. Prior to this Mr. Steiber set-up and managed the multimedia department at Telia Megacom, the leading telecom company in Sweden and at Procter and Gamble he has worked with brand management. Mr. Steiber has and Master in International Economics and Management from SDA Bocconi, Italy and BSC in Information Technology from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
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 Boenk van Marle,
CEO,
Linxtelecom
Boenk van Marle is CEO of Linxtelecom with headquarters in the Netherlands, network operations centre in Tallin (Est.) and subsidiaries in Russia, the 3 Baltic countries, Poland, Finland and Sweden. Linxtelecom is a data and IP service provider to Operators, ISP’s and End users and operates a network spanning 8000km with PoP’s in Moscow, Helsinki, Tallin (NOC), Riga, Vilnius, Warsaw and Frankfurt.
Boenk’s experience in telecommunications began as a Sr.Vice President Customer Care in the joint venture between Unisource (which was owned by Telia, KPN and Swisscom) and ATT Corp. Subsequently Boenk was CEO of Unisource NV an European operators with operations in nearly all European countries with a Europe wide network and active in Voice, Data and Satellite.
Prior to this Boenk had over a period of 25 years managing director positions in subsidiaries of large multinationals such as ITT corp and Aerojet Int. Corp. which were all active in the high-tech process control business.
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 Mr Matti Vikkula,
CEO,
Saunalahti
Matti Vikkula (born 1960), M.Sc. (Econ.), has been the CEO of Saunalahti Group Oyj since December 2001. Among other positions, he has previously worked as a business management consulting partner at PwC Consulting and as an management consultant at Mecrastor Oy/Mecrastor Coopers & Lybrand Oy for seven years. Besides management consulting, he has senior level experience in Group management, corporate strategy and planning, public listings, process development, investment and divestment analyses and implementation as well as managing complicated negotiation processes. In addition, he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kristina Cruises Oy.
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Mr Alan Whelan,
Managing Director, Carrier Services,
Cable & Wireless
Alan has over twenty years of experience in both the information technology and telecommunications sectors, during which time he has been engaged in businesses in varying disciplines, from software and hardware to managed and professional services. His expertise has been built via positions in both customer services and sales, with senior executive responsibilities in both functions. He has managed teams across a range of vertical and geographic markets. His responsibilities have involved him both in the management of acquisition activity, and of setting up and operating collaborative ventures. He has lived and worked in different countries and has experience in managing global teams in serving both national and multi-national clients.
Alan is at present a member of the senior management team of Cable & Wireless, and has responsibility for the company’s business with Service Providers. He joined in September 2004 from AT&T, where he was Vice President of AT&T Global Service Provider Markets.
He was previously Vice President - Europe, Middle East and Africa of the Global Markets division of Concert, a company jointly owned by AT&T and BT, having initially worked as one of the leaders of the team established by the two shareholders to set up the new venture.
Alan joined Concert from BT, where he held various business management positions in BT's Global Sales and Service division, having had responsibility for serving global technology sector customers.
Alan has attended business schools in Lancaster & Henley (UK), McGill (Montreal), The Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore), Hitotsubashi (Tokyo) and INSEAD (Fontainebleau). His qualifications include a Diploma in International Management from INSEAD, and a Masters Degree in Management from McGill Business School, for which he majored on distribution channels.
Prior to joining BT, Alan's career was in the IT industry, primarily with ICL, a Fujitsu company. He joined the company as a graduate trainee, and grew through various service and sales leadership responsibilities. He became the sales manager of one of the UK industry sales units, was sales development manager for ICL Europe, and was ultimately responsible for managing a systems integration and outsourcing business unit.
Alan is married with three children, and lives in Marlow, United Kingdom.
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 Mr Tom White,
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Communications Solutions Group,
Agilent Technologies
Thomas (Tom) White is senior vice president and general manager for Agilent Technologies' Communications Solutions Group. White's responsibilities include manufacturing, marketing and support of the telecom and datacom product lines for the group. Communications Solutions has leading positions in several global markets for communications test and monitoring systems such as SS7 network monitoring, fiber-optic testing, transmission technologies for telephony networks and lightwave testing.
White's experience in electrical engineering began in Hewlett-Packard Company's London offices, where he started as a staff engineer in the Test and Measurement sales office in 1979. Since then, White has held numerous managerial positions in the Telecommunications Division throughout the United Kingdom. In 1994, he was promoted to general manager of the Queensferry Telecommunications Division in Scotland and then general manager of the Computer Peripherals Bristol Division in 1996. White was appointed vice president and general manager of the Communications Solutions Group in 1997. White has served as Agilent's senior vice president and general manager, Communications Solutions since August 1999.
White, who was born in 1957 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England, received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Liverpool University.
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 Mr Antanas Zabulis,
CEO,
Omnitel
Antanas Zabulis (M.Sc.), UAB Omnitel President and CEO, was born in 1962, graduated from Vilnius University, faculty of Physics, completed studies at the School of Business in Lithuania and BOSSARD University in Paris. From 1991 to 1994 worked as a Consultant/Senior Consultant for BOSSARD CONSULTANTS (present Gemini consulting).
Before entering mobile communications, Antanas Zabulis worked in the oil industry for six years, starting as Managing Director in Lithuania for Norwegian oil company Statoil, later as Expansion Director Statoil Baltic States and Country Manager for Statoil in Lithuania. Under his management, Statoil has become the leading oil products supplier in Lithuania and in the Baltic States. From 1999, Antanas Zabulis was invited to Statoil Head Office in Stavanger (Norway), where he spent two years on the international assignment as Senior Adviser in Oil Trading and Supply Department.
Starting from October 2000, Antanas Zabulis is President and CEO of UAB Omnitel, the leading telecommunications operator in Lithuania and the leading wireless communications company in the Baltic States.Antanas Zabulis participated and made speeches at the leading IT and telecommunications events, as World Bank Knowledge Economy Forum, 2003 (Helsinki), European ministerial Conference on Information Society, 2003 (Ljubljana), GPRS Congress, 2002 (Rome), CEE Mobile Congress, 2002 (Budapest), Silicon Valley, 2003 (San Francisco), WITFOR2003 (Vilnius), GSM Europe 26th Plenary Meeting 2004 (Vilnius) and many others.
Antanas Zabulis is an active member of the Lithuanian IT community and social life: Chairman of the Knowledge Council, lead by the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Chairman of the Board of Lithuanian Development Agency, Board Member of Lithuanian – American institute, Board Member of the bank NORD/LB Lietuva, Vilnius Club member, Vice President of InfoBalt Association. In 2003 Antanas Zabulis was declared winner of the Business Hall of Fame of Lithuania award.
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 Guy Zibi,
Director,
Pyramid Research
Guy Zibi is Director of Pyramid’s Communications Media and Technology (CMT) group. Guy has overseen consulting and advisory assignments in the fixed and mobile industries worldwide, focusing on new business models and emerging markets. Prior to his position as Director of Pyramid’s CMT team, Guy held a position as Director of Pyramid’s EMEA Research Services.
Guy has managed assignments ranging from due diligence projects on new ventures or refinancing deals, to the assessment of regulatory, political and socio-economic risk in emerging markets. As Director of Pyramid’s CMT group, Guy oversees the company’s research in the MVNO, convergence, media and technology spaces.
Guy is widely recognized in the industry as a leading analyst in emerging market telecoms, after years of extensive travel into Africa researching and writing about telecoms issues. Guy researched and wrote a number of reports including Africa’s Next Generation Networks, Nigeria Now (2002) and Africa Mobile Profitability (2004), and is a co-author of Pyramid’s upcoming Global Triple Play report. Guy is a frequent speaker at international for discussing telecoms-related issues in developing markets, and has been quoted in newspapers such as The Financial Times, Business Day (South Africa), and magazines including Jeune Afrique and the Financial Mail (South Africa).
Guy speaks English and French and maintains a basic knowledge of German. He holds a Master in International Business from the Business Administration School of Lower Normandy, in France.
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