Ranulf Scarbrough | Submarine Cable Modernisation Lead
Cayman Islands Government

Dr Ranulf Scarbrough leads the Cayman Islands Submarine Cable Modernisation Project on behalf of the Government of the Cayman Islands, having previously been an independent advisor to the government since 2020.   He is based in Grand Cayman.  As an independent consultant he has advised multiple governments and operators on telecommunications strategy and projects, including submarine cables and fibre networks.  Until 2022, Ranulf led submarine cable operator Avaroa Cable Ltd as CEO, and chaired the Manatua Cable Consortium, building a 3600km cable system in the South Pacific to connect four Polynesians nations.  Prior to this he spent 12 years with BT Group PLC in the UK, most recently driving the rollout of fibre broadband in partnership with UK Government / EU and sitting on BT’s South West Regional Operating Board.  He previously led BT’s Research Programme into long term network evolution and collaborative innovation programmes with some of BT’s largest customers.  Ranulf has also held senior technical, marketing and operational roles in Reuters Group (now Thompson Reuters), Radianz Inc (now BT Radianz) and a number of tech start-up companies with activities around the world.  He is a physics graduate, holds an MSc degree from University College London, a doctoral degree from Oxford University and is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the IET.