Candidature of Mr Touré

Candidate for the post of Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau

Hamadoun TOURE
Regional General Manager
ICO Global Communications

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Profile
Surname :	Touré
First name :	Hamadoun
Nationality :	Malian
Date of birth :	3 September 1953
Residential address :	222 Aries Street, Waterkloof Ridge, Pretoria 0181, South Africa
Marital status :	Married
Dependants :	Four children
Languages :	Songhaï, Bambara, French, English, Russian
Contact numbers :	+2712 481 9001 (W) +2712 481 9009 (Fax) +2782 655 8055 (Cell)
Qualifications :	Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (1979)
Present position :	Regional General Manager ICO Global Communications
Employment profile
1996 (July) to present :	Regional General Manager - Africa ICO Global Communications, London & Pretoria
1994-1996 :	Group Director, Africa & Middle East INTELSAT, Washington, D.C.
1990-1994 :	Regional Director, Africa INTELSAT, Washington, D.C.
1986-1990 :	Telecommunications Officer, INTELSAT Assistance and Development Program (IADP), INTELSAT, Washington, D.C.
December 1985 :	Telecommunications Officer, INTELSAT Business Planning Department
October 1985 :	Chief of Satellite Communications Section Coordination activities between OPT and TELEMALI
1985 :	Manager, Sulymanbougou II earth station, Bamako, Mali
1981-1984 :	Engineer in charge of operation and maintenance of the Sulymanbougou II earth station, Bamako
1980 :	International Switching Centre, Bamako
October 1979 :	Microwave Terminal, Bamako Telecom I project, PANAFTEL project
EDUCATION
June 1979 :	Telecommunication Engineering Diploma with title of Master of Science in Engineering
1974-1979 :	Electrotechnical Institute of Telecommunications of Leningrad, (now St. Petersburg), Russia Faculty: Transmissions
1973-1974 :	Moscow State University Preparatory Faculty
1973 :	Baccalauréat, Lycée Askia Mohamed, Bamako Sciences Exactes Terminales
ACTIVITIES IN MALI (1979-1985) Involvement in several projects such a AFROSAT, AFSAT, PANAFTEL, TELECOM I project, operation and maintenance of satellite communications earth stations
ACTIVITIES WITH INTELSAT (1985-1996) Hamadoun Touré was with INTELSAT, the world's largest commercial satellite communications organization where he occupied various positions as Telecommunications officer in the technical assistance division, Director Africa Region and Group Director for Africa and the Middle East.
Assistance & Development Activities IADP Projects: Design of earth stations, Retrofit DOMSAT network feasibility studies Implementation of new technologies such as TDMA, IDR, VISTA and DAMA in several developing countries Management of regional activities in Africa
Management of regional activities for Africa & Middle East As Regional Director and subsequently Group Director, Africa and Middle East, actively participated in RASCOM's regional approach for the pooling transponders on the INTELSAT system. Developed regional interconnectivity studies. Interfaced with all the countries of Africa and the Middle East for the development of their telecommunication infrastructure.
ACTIVITIES WITH ICO GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS (since 1996) Spearheading ICO Global Communications activities for Africa from the Africa Regional Office in South Africa for the successful introduction and operation of ICO's regional operations, marketing and distribution network, interfacing with service partners, regulators and operators of fixed, mobile and special services.
GENERAL
Has participated in numerous projects, studies, assistance programmes, conferences and meetings with RASCOM, PANAFTEL, AFROSAT, ITU, CAPTAC, CAPTEF, INTELSAT's Board of Governors, assemblies of parties, meetings of signatories and Africa Groups I and II. Has actively participated in the formulation of telecommunication development policy. A team player, has successfully worked in multicultural organizations. Sound management skills: has successfully managed annual revenue budgets of over $US 115 million at INTELSAT.
Hobbies Afro-Cuban music Martial arts

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