Cengiz has over 25 years of experience in sales, marketing, business and corporate development areas in telecommunications and IT sectors; building and managing large, diverse and geographically dispersed organizations. He has held a variety of senior management roles for multinational companies such as Boeing, Intel and Turk Telekom. He holds a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University and an Executive MBA from the University of Washington.

Brendan has over 20 years of professional related experience in sales and business development, marketing & customer experience; the development & implementation of new strategy and business plans. Brendan has impressive experience in leading teams to achieve exceptional results. He has previously held various senior management roles in Sales, Product development & Marketing functions in the Telecommunication industry. Working for Etisalat, UAE under the capacity of VP – Group Multinational Corporations, then as VP – UAE Global Services and recently working for Orange Business Services, UK as a Global Lead Director – Business Development.

Gavin Rea is Chief Technical Officer, GBI. Gavin has over three decades of extensive management and industry experience in the development, delivery, operations & maintenance of international and domestic submarine telecommunications cable systems. Gavin has over 17 years of experience in the field and has previously held the position of Head of Subsea Centre of Excellence at BT.  Gavin has extensive experience in leading large teams of engineering managers and technicians responsible for the implementation, operation & maintenance of subsea cable assets, as well as supporting the development of wholesale and enterprise products that utilize submarine cables