Dr Hamadoun Touré

Hamadoun Touré was appointed to the board in October 2016. He is currently a non-executive member of the board of Inmarsat. He was elected secretary general of the ITU and served two consecutive terms (2007 to 2014). In October 2015 he was selected by the board of Smart Africa as the founding executive director. He founded and served as co-vice-chairman of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, which was launched in May 2010 by ITU and UNESCO, with Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, and Carlos Slim Helú, Honorary Lifetime Chairman of Grupo Carso, as co-chairs.