Alasdair Wilkie | Chairman
Atlantic Cable Maintenance & Repair Agreement (ACMA)

Alasdair joined the STC (now Alcatel Submarine Networks) 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 Alcatel Submarine Networksd he worked in C&W Marine (now Global Marine Systems) then IT International Telecom, Flute Ltd, and Hibernia Networks, whilst there he designed and managed the build of Hibernia Exporess (now Exa Express) the lowest latency cable across the Atlantic. Following a short tenure as Subsea Programme Director for Digicel Group in Jamiaca, Alasdair moved to St. Lucia as CTO for Deep Blue Cable, and then as the CTO Marine for Digicel Group, after Deep Blue Cable was subsumed into Digicel. At Digicel he designed and managed the build of Deep Blue One, the only submarine cable that connects all of the Guyanas. On leaving Digicel in 2024 Alasdair set up a consultancy, Telchines Ltd, which provides consulting on various topics centered around subsea cables especially marine maintenance. Alasdair joined the TAFS team in early 2026 as the Program Manager Expanion, responsible for all the expasnions of the TAM-1 network.Alasdair has represented various companies on the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC), European Subsea Cables Association (ESCA) and the North American Submarine Cable Association (NASCA). Alasdair is the current Chairman of the Atlantic Cable Maintenance Agreement; the preeminent marine cable maintenance solution covering the Caribbean, Atlantic and South Eastern Pacific Oceans.