Inc. Karim Antonio Lesina leads AT&T's international and regulatory affairs team, which is responsible for advocacy to international departments of the US government, and all branches of government outside the US, including executive, legislative and regulatory agencies, and for international external affairs affecting AT&T and it's Affiliates such as AT&T Communications, WarnerMedia and AT&T Latin America.

With more than $180 billion in 2019 revenues, AT&T is one of the world’s largest companies in technology, media and telecom. It has delivered 36 consecutive years of quarterly dividend growth. And between 2015 and 2019, AT&T invested more than $135 billion in its network, including capital investments and acquisitions of spectrum and operations. Over that same period, the company invested more in the U.S. than any other public company. Karim and his team’s work supports AT&T's diverse, international portfolio of our three distinct business units:

AT&T Communications is a global leader in communications with more than 130 million U.S. mobile, broadband and pay-TV customers, as of Q2 2020, and nearly 3 million business customers, from the smallest companies to nearly all the Fortune 1000.

WarnerMedia is a leading media and entertainment company that creates and distributes popular content from a diverse array of storytellers and journalists through its industry-leading consumer brands including HBO, HBO Max, Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, truTV, CNN, DC Entertainment, New Line, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and others. WarnerMedia also includes Xandr, which is focused on creating a better solution for advertisers and publishers to reach specific audiences at scale in trusted, premium content environments.

AT&T Latin America provides pay-TV services across 10 countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean and wireless services to consumers and businesses in Mexico.

In addition to implementing market access and compliance strategies enabling AT&T’s global expansion, Karim’s responsibilities also include advocacy on policy matters that promote investment, innovation, and sustainable economic growth across the digital economy ecosystem.

Karim is based in AT&T’s Washington, DC office. He is an active member in several industry and community organizations, including current service as: Board member of the International Institute of Communications, of the American Council on Germany, of USTTI, member of the GSMA Chief Regulatory Officer Group for Central and Latin America. He also represents AT&T in different associations such as, TPN, WEF, etc.

Prior to joining AT&T, Mr. Lesina held senior positions with another leading US-headquartered ICT company (Intel Corporation), and a number of leading public affairs agencies in Brussels. Born in Dakar (Senegal) Mr. Lesina is an Italian national and has a Master Degree in Economics of development at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium.