CC is organising its next digital branded CC-Webinar.Live Panel Discussion and Knowledge Sharing Session sponsored by Bankai Group, taking place on 4th October 2021. During this session Bankai Group will give a keynote presentation and join the panel discussion session addressing industry topic: Telecom Wholesale Industry in the Digital Transformation Era
Should you require further details, please feel free to contact our team at: [email protected]. To register please visit the agenda below to click on the webinar link as soon as it is published and fill in the form.
Based at Lago di Como in Italy, VSC provides strategic advisory services in M&A, Business Development & Media for the telecommunication industry. Over the last 25 years, Erik developed extensive expertise and deep domain knowledge working at major telecom companies. His international career includes senior & executive level positions. Over the years, Erik has been a regular speaker & moderator at major international telecom conferences.
Aayush Barot, Chief Commercial Officer, Bankai Group, holds 15+ years of experience in the telecommunication industry. He’s a market veteran in Voice/ SMS/ International Top up and strong relationship management with Global Telcos. He has completed projects with various Governments on Taxation/Monitoring/TTMS solutions. Reach out to Aayush Barot to learn more about the evolving business trends and journey at LinkedIn and Twitter @aayushbarot.
Chanderhas Rana, Head - Business Development at Bankai Group, is a seasoned business leader with over 12 years of experience in Business Development, Strategic Account Management, Enterprise Sales and Bid management in the Global Telecom/Unified Communication/Cloud Communication/OTT/IOT domains. He is a keen observer of emerging Demographic and Technological trends in the Global Telecom, IT and Outsourcing Markets. He has worked with Network Infrastructure companies like Indus Tower, GTL Limited and Tulip Telecom. You can reach out to Chanderhas at LinkedIn.
Matthew Whalley co-founded content marketing agency Ilex Content Strategies.
Ilex supports Tech and Telecoms companies with Public Relations, Marketing Content and Sales Enablement. It supports the development of Channel Partner Programmes, Lead Generation campaigns and Offline and Online engagement. Ilex serves start-ups through to billion-dollar businesses in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas.
Matthew was the editor of Capacity magazine and the European Technology Content Director at global PR firm Edelman.
His business development skills and entrepreneurial spirit have allowed him to create a content marketing business from the ground up and see it succeed as a thriving global business.
Robert began his telecom career at Ericsson in 1983, as a Controller and subsequently Finance Director, in one of its Middle Eastern branches. Following his return to Sweden in 1989 he joined Ericsson’s Customer Finance Department as Finance Manager. His main responsibilities were to manage South East Asia and Latin America.
After leaving Ericsson in 1994 he was managing Customer Finance in the International Civil Engineering field for Skanska AB in Africa, Europe and Latin America up to 1997.
He returned to the Telecom market in 1997 when joining NatWest Markets (later Greenwich NatWest) in London as Associate Director TMT Structured Finance with global origination responsibilities.
In 1999 he joined Credit Lyonnais and the Structured Finance TMT department in Paris to Co-Head the Department as Senior Vice President. In 2004, with the merger between Credit Lyonnais and Credit Agricole, he assumed responsibility for the Global TMT Structured Finance activities for Calyon (Credit Agricole CIB) as Managing Director.
Robert joined ING TMT Structured Finance early 2007 and assumed the role of Managing Director and Global Head of TMT Structured Finance and a member of the Structured Finance Management Team in 2008 before leaving ING summer of 2011 to join Huawei.
In Huawei Robert’s responsibilities as an Executive Director in Customer Financing were primarily to support Sales Finance Solutions in Middle East and South Asia Pacific but also to assist in the financial management elsewhere in the Huawei Group until joining Natixis in March 2019.
Taufiq was a returning expert from the USA under Malaysian Talent Corporation Returning Expert programme back in 2014. He received his education from the Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio and MBA from the Jack Welch Management Institute by Strayer University, USA.
Upon his return to Malaysia, Taufiq invested in IX Global Services as part of the IX Telecom group focusing on internet network service. During his stint at IX Telecom, he handled a few portfolios including the Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Business Development Officer, managing international and domestic businesses.
IX Telecom is positioning itself as the Gateway to the South East Asia market for managed internet and network services.
Adam is Head of Wholesale EMEA for Telstra, a leading telecommunications and technology company. Based in London, he oversees Telstra’s wholesale business in EMEA, with responsibility for developing and driving the business strategy, as well as wholesale and OTT customer relationships.
With a strong focus on the customer experience and building value for wholesale partners, Adam has led the EMEA wholesale business to record large referenced deals with customers such as BT, Telia, BICS, Colt, KPN and GTT.
Adam has over 20 years’ experience in the telecoms industry, having held a number of roles at Verizon, AAPT and Pacnet prior to joining Telstra. He is a dual national of the United Kingdom and Australia, a country where he spent a decade building his career.
Outside of work, Adam is a father of four as well as a keen footballer and coach.
