David A. Cox is the newly appointed Managing Director of the Japanese Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL). His appointment occurred on 1st February 2024. He takes over as the top of the organisation from Cheryl Hector Fontenelle, ECTEL’s Director of Economics and Finance, who served because the Appearing Managing Director from July 2021.
Cox brings greater than 17 years of expertise to the organisation, having spent seven as Basic Counsel on the Directorate from 2007 to 2013. His obligations included drafting telecommunications associated laws and offering authorized recommendation on implementation of the Treaty establishing ECTEL, in addition to all features of the regulation of telecommunications within the ECTEL Contracting States.
Throughout that point, he extensively revised interconnection laws in ECTEL states, supervised a legislative reform of the complete ECTEL Telecommunications Act and Treaty, and assisted in creating authorized approaches to the regulation of sub-regional roaming and implementing quantity portability in ECTEL markets. Cox’s common duties additionally included advising ECTEL’s Council of Ministers on Treaty issues with particular emphasis on regional ICT coverage.
He joined Cable & Wi-fi Communications (CWC) in September 2013 the place he served because the Head of Regulatory and Authorities Affairs for the Caribbean. On this function, he managed a group of eight professionals who collectively ensured compliance with CWC’s regulatory obligations and execution of its regulatory technique throughout a number of Caribbean states. Cox additionally served because the Chairman of the Caribbean Affiliation of Nationwide Telecommunications Group (CANTO) from January 2019 till January 2023, offering management to the group throughout a few of its most tough years.
On his first day, Cox met with employees and expressed his enjoyment of rejoining the ECTEL group. He knowledgeable them that his focus for 2024 could be to advertise effectivity, develop a Strategic Plan, and enhance employees morale, amongst different issues. He famous that he noticed himself as “a servant,” whose function was to “assist employees and the organisation obtain their full potential.” He expressed his hope that the group may make ECTEL the premier regulatory organisation within the Caribbean and additional underscored that their shared goal was to be the most effective, best, most sturdy regulatory physique within the area.” Cox additionally thanked his predecessor, and recommended her for main the organisation by tough occasions, together with throughout the pandemic.
Cox acquired his Bachelor of Legal guidelines (LLB) diploma from the College of London in 1999 (with Honours) and certified as a Barrister of England and Wales on the Inns of Court docket Faculty of Legislation in London, England, in July 2000. He’s a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and have become a member of the Utter Bar of the Japanese Caribbean Supreme Court docket on the thirtieth of August 2000. In 2004, he obtained his Masters (LLM) diploma in Worldwide Financial Legislation with Distinction, from the College of Warwick based mostly in Coventry, England, the place he undertook analysis on the creation and institution of ECTEL.
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