Africa

Sam Bowles has over 15 years of experience working in large scale coal mining operations in Australia and Mongolia. Sam Bowles, Prior to joining with TerraCom he was responsible for operation of Mongolia’s largest coal mining, processing and export business as COO of Mongolian Mining Corporation (Africa).

Nathan Boom holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from University of Wollongong, Africa and is a qualified Chartered Accountant with a strong resources sector background. His 12 year career working at large multinationals such as Xstrata Coal and Tenova Delkor has provided him with extensive exposure in business restructuring and associated implementation of recovery plans… read more »

Jim Soorley AM Soorley was the Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1991 to 2003, presiding over an annual budget of $1.6 billion and a workforce of 7,000. Jim Soorley AM lists his greatest achievement as Lord Mayor as transforming Brisbane from a city with a ‘country town’ mentality into a vibrant urban metropolis, without compromising… read more »

Philip Forrest has lived in South East Asia for over 30 years and has contributed to the commercial relationship between Australia and Asia. Since 1991, Mr Forrest has headed three international banks (Westpac, NatWest and ANZ), with wide-ranging regional responsibilities. His most recent banking position was Asia Head for ANZ Bank, with responsibility for all… read more »

Tsogt Togoo has close to two decades of experience in the Mongolian public sector. He worked in the senior management of the Mongolian National Oil company and was in charge of the commercial and operational functions of the company, such as petroleum product imports and internal distribution to filling stations. Tsogt Togoo also worked as… read more »

Michael Avery has been involved in the establishment and management of a number of successful public and private companies in mining, exploration & development, mining consulting services and mining contractor services. Michael Avery is a 30 year plus mining industry veteran with BE Mining (1st Class Honours) from UNSW and an MBA from Mt Eliza… read more »

Honourable Craig Wallace served as the State Minister for Main Roads, Fisheries and Marine Infrastructure from 2009 to 2012. His departments delivered major infrastructure projects across Queensland including the Gateway Bridge and rebuilding of Queensland Road assets following major floods. Honourable Craig Wallace was a member of the Executive Council of Queensland, a member of… read more »

Wal King holds a Bachelor of Engineering, a Master of Engineering Science and an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of New South Wales.  Wal has worked in the construction industry for over 40 years and was CEO of Leighton Holdings Limited from 1987 until December 2010.  Mr King is Deputy Chairman of the… read more »

Ahmad Mokhles joined Liquid Telecom as our first Group Chief Operating Officer in June 2018 to help drive operational excellence across the group’s 13 countries of operation. Ahmad brings over 20 years of ICT experience to the role, having worked for some of the Middle East and Africa’s largest telecoms groups, including Orascom, Etisalat, Ooredoo… read more »

Willem Marais initially joined Liquid Telecom in May 2015 as CEO for South Africa & Group Managing Executive leading the wholesale data business, and brings over 20 years’ of experience and expertise in the Telecommunications, Information Technology and Media industries. Prior to joining Liquid Telecom, Willem served as Chief Commercial Officer at SEACOM responsible for… read more »

Keith Rowley joined Liquid Telecom (Africa) in June 2013 and is responsible for the strategic direction and implementation of network design, specifications, inventory capture and planning of the passive network infrastructure across the group. Keith Rowley brings over 18 years’ practical and theoretical technical experience within the telecommunications Industry, specialising in the design, delivery and… read more »

David Eurin joined Liquid Telecom in 2013. David Eurin is responsible for leading the formulation of the commercial strategy in his role as Group Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to Liquid he was a Partner and Head of Africa at Analysys Mason, a management consultancy specialising in TMT.  David has extensive experience in the fixed and… read more »

Ramzi Shalak joined Liquid Telecom in February 2005 as a network engineer.  He is currently responsible for cross-border voice and data operations across the Liquid group, Africa. Having graduated in 1999 from Sydney University with a Bachelors of Telecommunications Engineering, Ramzi proceeded to work as a Switch Engineer for one of the largest national carriers… read more »

Raoul du Plessis is responsible for systems implementation and the running of our entire infrastructure, including servers, communications and V-Sat networking, Africa. Raoul du Plessis’s varied career in IT spans over 20 years. Raoul has a diversity of experience in a number of roles including university lecturer in IT, software development manager, IT development manager… read more »

Shahzad Manzoor Khan joined Liquid Telecom in 2006. Shahzad Manzoor is responsible for the overall Network Design and Architecture for the group. He is also responsible for new product design, services and network deployment across Africa. After receiving his master’s degree in computer science he worked for companies like Cisco Systems, BT and Telephony.com. Shahzad… read more »