Eckhard Bruckschen | CEO
IOEMA Fibre Ltd

Eckhard Bruckschen is the CEO/Owner of IOEMA Fibre Ltd., a company planning to construct a submarine fibre optic network in the Southern North Sea, connecting the continent with the Nordics. Eckhard is also a Director of Undersea Cable Consultancy Limited, offering his expertise and knowledge of the submarine fibre/power cable industry to the market. He is a Master Mariner and MBA with more than 35 years of experience in the offshore submarine cable industry. He has operational experience of plough and trenching/ROV operations; fibre optic, power, umbilical, and flexible pipe installation; remedial works; and burial and bridge operations. His onshore experience includes FEED studies, project construction and installation management, equipment development, capital budget management, and system support and engineering, as well as bid management and sales. He has installed and managed more than 45,000 km of submarine fibre optic cables and 2,500 km of submarine power cables worldwide.