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Cosmas Zavazava took office as Director of the​ Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) at the International Te​lecommunication Union (ITU) on 1 January 2023.

With more than 30 years in telecommunications, including over 20 years in ITU’s Development Sector, Dr Zavazava has promoted and implemented impactful information and communication technology projects around the world.

Prior to his election as BDT Director, he served as ITU’s Chief of Partnerships for Digital Development , overseeing development-related projects, strategic partnerships, and resource mobilization between 2019 and 2022, while launching new initiatives that have boosted the engagement of industry, private-sector and academia members in ITU’s work.

Previously, as ITU’s Chief of Projects and Initiatives, he oversaw development projects focused on gender, youth, and people with special needs, along with capacity building, emergency telecommunications, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and e-waste management.

Mr. Oscar Leon is the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Telecommunications Commission CITEL / OEA. Mr. Leon was Director General of the National Spectrum Agency of Colombia, Regulation Manager of CLARO COLOMBIA (AMERICA MOBIL) and has been an advisor to multiple ICT Ministers and Regulatory Authorities in Latin America. He worked at the TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATOR OF COLOMBIA – CRC and was Project Director at MICROSOFT Solution Providers.
Mr. Leon has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT sector, he has extensive experience in project management and implementation of new businesses and appropriation of new technologies. He is Electronic Engineer with a Postgraduate Degree in Telecommunications Project Management and a Master’s in Business Administration.

Ms. Ayala has a degree in International Business from the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico, she also has a Master’s degree in Technology Administration from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), both are the highest study houses in said City.

She has 14 years of experience in the telecommunications and information technology sector. She was part of the international team of the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation of Mexico, which led the work of the Mexican Administration in forums and specialized International Organizations in the sector, such as the Mesoamerica Project, the Inter-American Telecommunications Commission (CITEL) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). During the last three years in the aforementioned entity, she supervised the satellite coordination of Mexico together with the Radiocommunications Office of the International Telecommunications Union.

Currently, Ms. Angeles Ayala Correa is Deputy Secretary of the Regional Technical Telecommunications Commission (COMTELCA) in Central America.