WSA BOARD
The WSA Board of Directors consists of high level international ICT experts under the lead of WSA founder and chairperson Prof. Dr. Peter A. Bruck. Responsible for the strategic and contextual execution of the WSA, the WSA Board aims to keep the WSA up to date with new developments and meets in regular intervals.
The WSA board members serve to promote WSA, provide their repute, network and insights to the mission of WSA, and advise the WSA Chairperson on principle matters and key relationships such as UN organizations, governments, public agencies and private companies.
Chairperson of the Board
WSA Board of Directors
Thomas Stelzer
Dean & Executive Secretary, IACA and Former UN Assistant Secretary General
IACA - International Anti-Corruption Academy
Austria
Rodrigo Assumpção
Social Protection Management Information Systems Expert
International Labour Organization
Brazil
Irene Polycarpou
Professor of Technology and Innovation in Education, Head of the School of Sciences
University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus
Cyprus
Martin Wimmer
Chief Digital Officer (CDO) and Head of the Directorate “Transformation of the Economy”
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Germany
H.E. Adama Samassekou
President of the African Academy of Languages President of WSIS Preparatory Committee for Geneva Phase
African Academy of Languages
Mali
Marta A. Tomovska
Advisor to the Prime Minister of Serbia
Office of the Prime Minister
North Macedonia
Anne Githuku-Shongwe
Director of the UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa.
UN AIDS
South Africa
WSA Special Ambassadors
Maja Makanjee
SPECIAL AMBASSADOR FOR TELCO RELATIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES/AFRICA | Chief Officer Corporate Affairs |
Vodacom Group Unlimited
South Africa
Emeritus Board Members
Paul Hoffert
WSA Director Emeritus for Development of WSA in North America Region Chair, Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund Global CEO, Noank Media Inc.
Canada
Elizabeth Quat
Legislative Council Member | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Founder | Internet Professional Association (iProA)
Legislative Council Member SAR Hong Kong
China
Effat El Shooky
Director of Online Distance Learning Program, Cairo Regional Center for Training on Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in Africa -CCCPA- Cairo
Egypt
Ahmed Yahia Darwish
Head of ICT Industry Capacity Building Sector
Information Technology Industry Development Agency- ITIDA
Egypt
Christine Maxwell
WSA Director Emeritus for Relationship with ISOC Senior Partner, Institute of Scientific Simulation & Trustee Emeritus, Internet Society
United States of America