Mr. Douglas James Craigie Stevenson
Nationality: South African
Country of Residence: South Africa
Organisation or affiliation: Telecommunications
Position: Retired CEO
Brief Motivation
Having spent my whole career in telecommunications and in differing roles, I now have time to contribute in a different way to what will undoubtably be some of the biggest changes in the internet space as everything moves to IP based and convergence takes levels that will be unprecedented. I was a lead as the executive in going to a cape light model and see the need for collaboration and policy direction past just the commercial advantages that corporate sees the slow regulation of government and the massive impact of the need for security and freedom in the digital space
Professional Background
Started out by doing articles and completing articles to become a CA, quickly realised that numbers while important was not where the action was. Completed my MBA and then moved to various Chief Operating and then Chief Executive Roles. I have worked over many jurisdiction's in the world and lead large teams. I am Fellow Director with the Institute of Directors and understand the need for strong but agile and evolving governance. I am a team player and collaborative.