DEEPAK PADMANABHAN, CEO, EMIRATES INTERNATIONAL TELECOMS

Mr. Padmanabhan serves as CEO of EIT and is a member of the organisation's founding leadership team, in place since its inception in 2006. Mr. Padmanabhan is charged by EIT's Board with leading the development of value-creation plans for operating companies, supervising all investments and new acquisitions, and closely monitoring investments during the post-acquisition phase. As CEO, Mr. Padmanabhan is also responsible for, among other things, managing EIT's relationship with its shareholders and the process of selecting the senior executives appointed to lead EIT's managed companies.

Mr. Padmanabhan has developed best international practices for investments in telecommunications companies and created a new model of operational excellence that has been critical in creating new value in telecom incumbents leading to superior business results. Mr. Padmanabhan has also brought together a leading team of expert telecom executives with a collective 400 years of industry experience.

When he joined EIT, Mr. Padmanabhan had more than twenty years of industry experience in telecommunications, including work on mergers and acquisitions, strategy and investments and value creation. Mr. Padmanabhan joined EIT from TECOM Investments, where he served as Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer and developed the concept and design of Dubai's knowledge clusters and led the international development of TECOM's business. At TECOM Investments, Mr. Padmanabhan also developed numerous new businesses in areas including telecom, media, education, ICT and other industries.

Mr. Padmanabhan serves as Director of GO plc, Forthnet S.A., SmartCity Kochi, SmartCity India, Tunisie T?com, Interoute Communications Holdings S.A., the Indus Entrepreneurs and as the Chairman of SmartCity Malta.