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Our core team is enhanced by 100+ senior telecoms experts with regulatory body experience

Prof H Sama Nwana

Managing Partner
Prof. Nwana, known as H, is a founding partner of Cenerva, and a former Ofcom Group Director. His experience in TMT regulation and sect...

Prof. Nwana, known as H, is a founding partner of Cenerva, and a former Ofcom Group Director. His experience in TMT regulation and sector re-design spans both the UK and emerging markets, and he has supported global players such as Google and Meta. As an Executive Director Emeritus of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, Prof Nwana is a global expert on spectrum and wireless technologies. He is Full Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland within the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department (EEE). He has authored more than 10 books.

James Wild

Managing Partner
James is a founding partner of Cenerva and an acknowledged global expert on number portability. With 25 years’ experience across a vari...

James is a founding partner of Cenerva and an acknowledged global expert on number portability. With 25 years’ experience across a variety of senior telecoms roles and consultancy assignments in over 30 countries, James brings extensive international experience to Cenerva.

Phil Dunglinson

Partner and Emergency Preparedness Lead
Phil is a highly experienced ICT executive with 35 years of incredibly varied global experience covering 20+ markets in Europe, Africa,...

Phil is a highly experienced ICT executive with 35 years of incredibly varied global experience covering 20+ markets in Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific and North America. Phil has CEO, COO, Finance, M&A, Commercial, Business Development and Project Management experience from operator groups including Cable & Wireless, Millicom International / Tigo, Digicel and Afrimax Vodafone.

Based in Malaysia, Phil manages Cenerva’s Regulatory consulting business across the Asia Pacific region. With six years of broad Regulatory consulting experience, Phil is involved in many of Cenerva’s Number Portability implementation projects.

Phil also heads Cenerva’s growing Telecommunications Emergency Preparedness practice globally.

Phil is from the UK, is a qualified Management Accountant (FCMA & CGMA) and holds an MBA from Manchester University.

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Chris Taylor

Associate Consultant
Chris is a specialist in digital regulation with over 25 years of experience spanning the public and private sectors across multiple in...

Chris is a specialist in digital regulation with over 25 years of experience spanning the public and private sectors across multiple international markets. Chris has held senior positions at Ofcom, Cable & Wireless and Plum Consulting, covering consumer policy, regulatory strategy, market reviews, number portability, network security and resilience, and sector reform.

Chris has extensive experience of managing relations with senior industry, regulatory and political stakeholders, and has delivered projects for clients around the world. At Ofcom, Chris was Director of Consumer Policy, leading work on consumer switching, digital inclusion and empowerment. At Cable & Wireless, he was Director of Regulatory Affairs, responsible for regulatory strategy across 33 jurisdictions

Andrew Gorton

Partner and Principal Consultant
Andrew is a Partner with Cenerva. Andrew has spent over 27 years working in the private and public sectors on ICT regulation. This incl...

Andrew is a Partner with Cenerva. Andrew has spent over 27 years working in the private and public sectors on ICT regulation. This includes several years consulting for Cenerva. He worked previously as the Group Head of Regulatory Affairs for Digicel in highly competitive and challenging circumstances as a new entrant operator in multiple telecommunications markets. Digicel launched and operated mobile, WiMax, cable, submarine cable and broadcasting networks in around 30 countries. He has also worked for Vodafone and the UK telecommunications regulator.

Steve Day

Partner and TRMC Lead
Steve is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Measurement & Control with over 35 years of experience in the Process ...

Steve is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Measurement & Control with over 35 years of experience in the Process Industries working at a senior level for companies such as Emerson, Siemens, and Honeywell. Steve provides his leadership experience to facilitate the delivery of the TRMC programme for Cenerva.

Peter Seymour

Partner and Principal Consultant

Peter is an ICT and Payments expert and former Head of Government and Public Sector at the UK’s Payments Clearing House.

Peter is an ICT and Payments expert and former Head of Government and Public Sector at the UK’s Payments Clearing House. Peter provides Cenerva with expertise and commercial breadth across ICT, procurement, payments and mobile money, switching and portability, and public affairs.

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