PHILIP A. BLAIN, BA, MA, is Telecommunications Specialist with over 25 years experience in international telecommunications and electronics services. Mr. Blain's mobile expertise is expected to be particularly helpful in markets that are rapidly emerging from being regulated to de-regulation. He has held senior positions with Standard Telephones and Cables (an ITT company); Cray Electronics plc, British Telecom plc and Telecom New Zealand. He has extensive management experience in the management of new ventures, business development and business turnarounds, mainly in the field of communications and electronics value added services. He was founding Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Telecom Networks and International Ltd., a subsidiary of Telecom NZ. He was also a founding Director of Telecom Cellular Limited, having prescribed the fast growth commercial structure for the national network and service providers. He formulated (with a leading merchant bank) detailed investment plans for Pacificom Networks Limited, a prospective new venture for a third long distance carrier in New Zealand. He has directed business development, new ventures and change management activities for a number of large corporates in New Zealand and overseas. Clients have included Callnet (Canada), Datacom Group Limited, New Zealand Post Limited, EDS/Databank Systems Limited, ANZ Banking Group (NZ), Bank of New Zealand, National Bank of New Zealand, Westpac Banking Corporation, Fiji Post and Telecommunications Limited/Government of Fiji, GTE/GTE Hawaiian Telecom, New Zealand Fire Service Commission, Radiolink (New Zealand) Limited, Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co. Limited (Taiwan), Stanilite Electronics (NZ) Limited, Scollay Holdings Limited, and the Millennium Adventure Company Limited of New Zealand. Mr. Blaine holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from the University of Manitoba and a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Marketing, Lancaster University School of Management and Organizational Sciences (UK). He has held UK professional memberships in the Institute of Directors, the Institute of Marketing and the Institute of Public Relations. Mr. Blain is a citizen of Canada and New Zealand.