Enrico Bagnasco Elected Chair of the Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF)
Sparkle’s CEO will lead the industry association that gathers top executives from the world’s largest global carriers and digital infrastructure players
Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces that its CEO Enrico Bagnasco has been elected as the Chair of the Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) Board.
The GLF is a membership organization that brings together over 130 top executives from the world’s largest global carriers and digital infrastructure players. Its mission is to provide leadership and direction for the industry by advocating common priorities that improve interconnectivity so that new digital services can be delivered at scale anywhere in the world.
As GLF Chair, Bagnasco will play a pivotal role in driving forward the Tomorrow Telco 2 agenda focusing on the four key pillars of interoperability, innovation, trust, and people.
“I am truly honored to chair this prestigious body that brings together the leaders of the global digital ecosystem”, commented Enrico Bagnasco. "Taking up the baton from an inspiring leader like Emmanuel Rochas, whom I thank for having led the association with his extraordinary competence and foresightedness, I am confident that my tenure will focus on promoting actions to facilitate deployment of new digital infrastructure, foster a broader adoption of APIs for seamless network automation and advance the use of Artificial Intelligence as a driver of next-generation services. I am confident that the GLF will continue to make significant progress in the development of our industry and uphold our basic principles of interoperability and ubiquitous connectivity.”
Bagnasco succeeds Emmanuel Rochas, former CEO of Orange Wholesale International and current CEO of TOTEM, who served as the GLF Chair since October 2024.
About Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF)
The GLF is a membership organisation that provides a single voice to the broader digital ecosystem, ensuring alignment amongst international connectivity leaders for industry transformation. Our mission is to provide leadership to the industry that is #KeepingTheWorldConnected based on the principles of interoperability, connectivity, and value creation.
The global connectivity industry is a critical part of the global ICT ecosystem, providing the backbone that enables digital services to be distributed around the world. The GLF’s primary objective is to provide leadership and direction for the industry by advocating common priorities that improve interconnectivity so that new digital services can be delivered at scale anywhere in the world.
Please visit https://glfcommunity.com for more information.
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