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Biography |
Mr. Sami
Al Basheer Al Morshid was elected Director of the ITU Telecommunication
Development Bureau by the Plenipotentiary Conference on 14 November 2006 in
Antalya, Turkey. He took office on 1 January 2007. Mr Al Basheer Al Morshid has
more than twenty-three years experience in telecommunications in Saudi Arabia
and abroad, including two years at the ITU Regional Office in Cairo. Throughout
the major part of his career he was responsible in the Saudi Arabian Government
for the development of economic and financial policy and regulatory aspects of
telecommunications as well as international coordination and cooperation. As
head of the department responsible for telecommunication policy and investment
matters at the national, regional and international levels, he has extensive
experience in telecommunications management and development as well as in
negotiating and formulating international agreements on commercial, operational,
maintenance and investment issues. As Adviser to the Minister of
Communications and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and
Information, Saudi Arabia he was responsible for international relations and
regulatory issues. He was also a Board Member of the Communications and
Information Technology Commission (CITC). As Director, Middle East & North
Africa Affairs, at ICO Teledesic GL, Seattle, USA, he coordinated the
introduction of the interests of ICO in Middle Eastern and North African
countries. During his tenure as Chief of the Regional Office for the Arab States
of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Cairo, Egypt, he was
responsible for planning, organizing and directing the work of the Regional
Office and contributed to the development of telecommunications in the countries
of the region in both public and private sectors. In addition to his role at the
national level Mr Al Basheer Al Morshid played a leading role within regional
organizations, acting as Chairman and participating in many conferences in ITU
and at other regional and international organizations in the telecommunications
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