Director Middle East and Africa OneWeb Laith’s areas of specialism are Satellite Regulatory Compliance, International Affairs and Government Relations. He supports regulatory, commercial and competitive intelligence on telecommunications policies and processes, and he works closely with regulators to ensure services compliance with local rules and regulations, as well as coordinating and securing landing rights, licenses and all sorts of telecom authorizations and approvals. Before devoting his work fulltime to OneWeb, Laith has worked as a consultant for major telecom players providing regulatory support and advocacy on global satellite, mobile, Internet, data and cloud regulations. Laith has run a telecom and media industry group for four years - a private sector group charged with advising the UAE government on optimizing policy.