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Sékou Oumar Barry

Sékou Oumar Barry

Chairman of the Board, Autorité de Régulation des Postes et télécommunications (ARPT)

Sékou Oumar Barry is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Agence Nationale de Service Universel des Télécommunications et du Numérique (ANSUTEN), Chairman of the Executive Committee and the General Assemblies of the Association of Telecommunications Regulators of West Africa (ARTAO) and sits on the Board of Directors of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) for the Republic of Guinea.

Mr Barry works for the establishment of a sufficiently independent regulation and a development of the sector for the benefit of consumers.

His career started at Triad Financial in 2003 before joining the local team of the Nestle Group as Product Manager and entering the telecommunications sector through the Guinea Operation of the MTN Group where he held several positions at the national and international levels.

He continued his career in other Groups and in different countries with the Bharti Airtel Group as Vice President/Marketing and Communication Director in Zambia, the ORANGE Middle East Africa Group as Marketing, Communication and Innovation Director in Cameroon and the Vodafone Group where he held the position of Deputy Managing Director responsible for the Commercial Policy.

Since December 2021 out of patriotism and in response to the call of the current Authorities of the Country, Mr Barry suspended his international career to accept to lead the destiny of the Autorité des Régulations des Postes et Télécommunications (ARPT) as Director General of this institution.

He puts his expertise in business management and his knowledge of the telecommunications sector at the service of regulation both in Guinea and internationally.

Mr Barry holds an MBA in Telecommunications and a BS in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate from Saint Cloud State University, Minnesota. He has over 17 years of experience in the telecommunications industry both with operators and the Regulator.

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