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Damien Bertrand has over 20 years of experience in the Telecommunications field in the EMEA region. Damien worked for major companies such as Setelcom and Orange in senior positions.

At IslaLink his role during 11 years was Director of the Mediterranean Business Unit, Executive Committee member and Board member of several subsidiaries, taking care of Sales and International Business Development in North Africa, Middle East and South Europe: Balalink for the Balearics Islands (existing system), Canalink for the Canary Islands (new project with 45M€ investment), Loukkos project for Morocco, OrVal (Oran Valencia), Oranlink for Marseille operations.

Damien is also board member of several subsidiaries in Spain and France.

As COO at Medusa since 2020, Damien Bertrand has been overseeing strategic operational initiatives, with mainly focus on North Africa and Middle East, thanks to his expertise in the region. His leadership plays a pivotal role in advancing the company's mission of providing reliable and innovative submarine cable solutions to clients in the Mediterranean.

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Theresa Bobis - Regional Director Southern Europe at DE-CIX, the largest Internet Exchange operator in the world. 

Under Theresa’s leadership, DE-CIX Madrid has become the heart of the largest neutral interconnection ecosystem in Southern Europe in just 5 years.  DE-CIX Madrid is also one of the fastest growing Internet Exchange in the world.   DE-CIX in Southern Europe (Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Marseille, and Palermo) is strategically positioned at the crossroads of intercontinental data flows from the Americas to Europe, to Africa, the Middle East and on to Asia. This is a region to pay attention to, with a massive growth  of data traffic anticipated in the south over the coming years.

Theresa has an extensive background in the Telecommunications and ICT sector with more than 25+ years of experiences  working with multinational companies from Asia, USA, and Europe.  Currently, Theresa  is based in Frankfurt and now living in Germany in the last 14 years.

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Christian is working in the IP and telco business since 15 years. Currently, he is a Network Expansion Manager at Colt where he is responsible for Southern Europe. He is based in Barcelona and is managing network expansion projects in Southern Europe to constantly grow and improve Colt's footprint in the region. This includes tactical and strategic expansion projects, large investments, business cases and exciting go-to-market strategies

Prior to his current role, Christian has been a Senior Account Manager to grow Colt´s Wholesale business in Germany.

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