Study Group: Cable Services Experts (EU) (?)

Ian Wood is the Founding Partner of Wireless Foundry, a telecom and IT consultancy founded in 1998. His clients include France Telecom/Orange, SonyEricsson, Vodafone, Openwave and Qualcomm. He was among the first employees of Motorola Cellular Communications in Europe, where he joined in 1985, and rose...

Kathrin Nothaft is the Owner and Managing Director of TELEBiLD, a German cable and pay TV consultancy and acting Managing Director of two family owned cable companies in Germany and Austria. She has over 15 years of experiencein the consultancy industry. She joined TELEBiLD as Project Manager, Marketing...

Stuart Newstead is Chief Executive Officer of Ellare, an independent consultancy. He is a highly respected 25-year senior management record in fixed and mobile telecoms, specializing in wireless data strategies, MVNO, spectrum auctions, triple play, fiber to the home (FTTH/FTTC/FTTN), ICT and convergence,...

Peter Curnow-Ford is the Chairman at Eisar Ltd, a handset manufacturer. He is responsible for the development, sales, marketing and branding of mobile and cellular handset products from Chinese and Taiwanese handset manufacturers into EMEA. He is also the Chairman of Bluenowhere Ltd, a municipal wireless...

Tarik Fawzi is the Chief Executive Officer at Aeneas Strategy, a consultancy for operators, infra suppliers, content and application parties, specializing in strategy and partnering. He has over 11 years of experience in the telecom sector. Previously, he was manager business development at T-Mobile,...

Mickey Kalifa has launched, run and managed a number of successful TMT businesses. Mr. Kalifa has brought his expertise to a number of businesses in devising and implementing their strategy. He has 18 years+ experience in the media industry. Mr. Kalifa has founded new media and Telco businesses, incl....

Gary Richards is Business Development Director at Wallgate Services, a consumer electronics reverse logistics specialist, who work with major retailers and manufacturers in developing solutions for their reverse logistics issues. He has more than 25 years of experience in the consumer electronics...

Matthias Brandl is the Owner and Managing Director of Prof Carl Hahn Partners GmbH (CHP), an exclusive Swiss-based advisory boutique in corporate finance, focusing on private placements and M&A advice. Mr. Brandl is experienced in vendor and market due diligence for German and pan-European cable companies,...