Alasdair Wilkie | CTO Marine
Digicel

Alasdair Wilkie, CTO Marine, Digicel

Alasdair joined the STC (now ASN) in 1985 having left Newcastle University with a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Whilst at STC he worked on UK-Belgium 5, the first international optical submarine cable and subsequently numerous other submarine systems, mainly in the marine department. On leaving ASN he worked in C&W(Marine) then IT International Telecom, Flute Ltd, Hibernia Networks. Following a short tenure as Subsea Programme Director for Digicel Group in Jamiaca, Alasdair  moved to St. Lucia as the CTO of Deep Blue Cable Ltd, late in 2019 Deep Blue Cable L:td was merged into Digicel and Alasdair is now the CTO Marine for the Digicel Group still based in St. Lucia..  Alasdair represents Digicel on the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) as an Executive Committee member, and the North American Submarine Cable Association (NASCA) as well as being the Chairman of the Atlantic Cable Maintenance Agreement; the preeminent marine cable maintenance solution in the Atlantic ocean.

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