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The Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organizations
recently concluded its 106th
Board of Directors meeting which was held on the 23rd
of April 2010. The meeting was hosted by member Digicel Turks & Caicos
at the Seven Stars Resort in Turks and Caicos.
The meeting focused on:
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Mr. Dirk
Currie, (TELESUR)
CANTO Chairman
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As a result of the resignation of the
former Chairman Mr. Ian Blanchard, the
CANTO board officially appointed Mr.
Dirk Currie as the New Chairman of
CANTO. Mr Currie, formerly
Vice Chairman of CANTO, started his
career in telecommunications in 1987
after having worked for the ministry of
finance at the department of economic
affairs for 6 years. In 1991, he was
appointed as CFO of TELESUR (Suriname).
Mr. Currie was appointed to the position
of Managing Director of TELESUR in May
of 2006 and holds this position to date.
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Mrs. Karen
Bevans (BTL) CANTO
Vice Chairman
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Mrs. Karen Bevans, Chief Operations
Officer of Belize Telemedia Limited (‘Telemedia”)
and Board Director of CANTO was also
appointed to the post of Vice Chairman
of CANTO at this meeting.
Mrs. Bevans, who previously served on
the CANTO Board as Vice Chairman from
2006 – 2007, joined Belize Telemedia on
January 3rd, 1989 as an Administrative
Officer. She became a
member of the BTL Executive Management
team when she was promoted to Manager,
Administration, Human Resources and
Public Relations in April 1993.
Mrs. Bevans later assumed the
position of General Manager of Marketing
and Administrative Services in January
1999 and later in 2007, she was
appointed as General Manager, Business
Development and Marketing.
In September 2009 Karen was appointed to
act in the position of Chief Operations
Officer and in February 2010, she was
officially appointed as Chief Operations
Officer, her current post.
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The full CANTO board comprises of the following persons:
Officers
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Mr. Dirk Currie, Managing Director, TELESUR - Chairman
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Mrs. Karen Bevans, Chief Operating Officer, BTL - Vice
Chair
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Mr. Davidson Charles, EVP Leeward, Cable & Wireless
Antigua - Treasurer
Directors
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Ms. Glenda Medford, VP Legal, Regulatory & Public
Policy, Cable & Wireless Barbados
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Mr. Julian Wilkins, Head of Group Telecoms Public
Policy, Digicel Trinidad & Tobago
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Mr. Tellis Symonette, Vice President Wireless &
Internet, BTC , The Bahamas
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Mr. Linus Rogers, VP Regulatory & Asset Rationalization,
TSTT, Trinidad & Tobago
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Mr. Lyrio Gomez, Member Executive Development Committee
– International Affairs & Wholesale, UTS, Curaçao
The
vacant post of Board Director will be filled by a Cable & Wireless
representative and shall be announced at a later date. The
next board meeting (107th)
will be hosted by UTS during the 26th
Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition (CANTO 2010)
carded for 11th
- 14th
July, 2010 at the World Trade Centre, Curaçao.
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The Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organizations
(CANTO) was founded in 1985 as a nonprofit association of telephone
operating companies in the Caribbean. CANTO is now recognized as a major
trade association in the telecommunication sector with 104 members in 31
countries.
A Board of Directors appointed by the membership directs the
policy strategy of the Association. This strategy is executed by the
staff of a permanent Secretariat based in Trinidad and Tobago. /span>
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