Speaker Bio
Dr. Bharat Vagadia has regulatory oversight across the nine Ooredoo operations across MENA and South Asia. Prior to joining the group, he was with Ooredoo Qatar and prior to that, was a management consultant advising fifty clients including governments, regulators and operators in over twenty-five countries.
His experience includes sector liberalization, creation of independent regulatory authorities, licensing frameworks and competition and regulatory policies that foster competition and long-term consumer welfare, as well developing appropriate operator responses to these instruments in order to develop a fair and proportionate digital ecosystem.
He is the author of four books, the latest being Digital Disruption. He has taught, mentored and coached executives at leading business schools, including HEC Paris.
He holds a PhD, MBA, LLM, B-Eng, DipM. He sat on the board of Ooredoo Myanmar, is chair of GSMA AsiaPac and MENA policy groups, as well as chair of the IIC MENA Chapter.