Recognised by the industry for 5 consecutive years as one of Top 100 Most Influential People with 3 decades of senior management experience in building & running WholesaleCos & InfraCos. Known in the sector for leading transformative business models for Roaming eSIM, Subsea Cables, AI, Data Centre & Satellite Connectivity. A successful track record of managing multiple geographies whilst delivering against commercial & financial targets. Key positions held with blue-chip firms across Europe, Middle East, Asia & the Americas.

Shamil Gabitov is a global telecommunications industry professional experienced in business development, sales, account and partnership management, and M&A. He joined global wholesale connectivity industry 13 years ago having worked in regional and global carriers since then.

Shamil is currently in charge of the wholesale business of China Unicom in Middle East and Africa.

As both a Chartered Engineer and Chartered IT Professional with over 25 years of experience in the data centre sector Mark has been a specialist in the field of data centre operations and technical management for more than 2 decades. During this time he has focussed on the delivery of business critical services from highly reliable, world class data centres with 24×365 availability expectations.

Now operating as an Independent Consultant and Technical Advisor with extensive international experience and solid technical skills combining data centre facilities design, IT and facilities operational management, energy efficiency and engineering expertise to support all facets of the Data Centre Lifecycle.

A regular public speaker, conference host and industry thought leader on data centre technical issues as well as sitting on multiple technical and advisory boards. Mark is also involved in the development of International data centre Standards through ISO and CENELEC as the UK national representative as well as being the Technical Editor and Committee Chair of the European Commission Code of Conduct on data centre energy efficiency.

Director of Carrier Sales at China Mobile International UK, Valentina is responsible for revenue generated by all iConnect product lines including: Data, Mobile, SMS, IoT and Added-Value Services (Content, Devices, Clearing).

Starting in the wholesale telecom industry at Epsilon Telecommunications Ltd, she has over 15 years of experience in Network Infrastructure Services and Carriers Interconnects, bandwidth trading, IDC/IPT and most recently in A2P, Mobile Services and IoT Connectivity&Solutions working for the biggest mobile operator in the world.

Through Valentina’s: exceptional pioneering skills, desire to build long-term relationships, and focus on solutions to ensure the client’s business sustainability, she has consistently over-achieved in all aspects of the sales process, developing many ‘start-ups’ into successful established businesses along the way.

She holds a Philosophy Degree from University Ca’ Foscari, Venice, and a Masters in “Management and Business Development of Medium-Small sized companies’’ from University IULM, Milan.

She also represented Italy in International Rugby Union for two years.