With extensive and diverse experience in the corporate, technology and start-up environments, the Lotaris® leadership team is united by an unshakeable focus on producing ‘best in world’ business strategies.
Our dynamic and energetic executive team has held senior portfolios in various sectors of the telecommunications industry - from infrastructure to systems and product development - and, together, have experience in virtually every major geographic market.
Working closely with our technically astute and highly motivated management team, they share a results-driven, ‘go to’ approach that has enabled them to anticipate a global market need and collaborate on development and delivery of creative, effective and secure solutions for the fast-growing mobile business sector.
Robert Tibbs (Swiss)
Founder, President & CEO
• Background: Entrepreneur, Executive Management
• BSc Behavioural Science (Summa Cum Laude) - State University of New York, USA
• Founder & Chairman - Satellite broadband firm, Accelon
• Co-Founder & Chairman - Telecom advisory firm, Africa Venture Partners
• MD (African Operations) - Rural telecoms network, Actel
• MD - Investment and advisory firm, Kaydon
David Keast (South African)
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer
• Background: Business Development, Executive Management
• BSc Engineering, MBA - University of Cape Town, South Africa
• MD -Mobile infrastructure firm, Venture Communications SA
• Co-Founder & Director (Corporate Development) - Satellite broadband firm, Accelon
• MD - Telecom advisory firm, Africa Venture Partners
• Head: Business Development - mobile telecom holding company, MCell (now MTN)
• Background: Technology, Business Development, Executive Management
• Master of Business Administration in General Management - IMD
• Bachelor of Engineering in Telecommunication - EIVD, Switzerland
• Senior Strategy Manager, M&A and Business Development - Telecom operator, Swisscom
• Head of Special Projects, IT & Network - Telecom operator, France Telecom
• Mobile Internet Solutions Department Head for mobile internet, e-commerce and e-ccrm - mobile network operator, Orange
• Integration Development Manager, billing and crm - mobile network operator, Orange
Jerome Lepeu (French)
Chief Financial Officer
• Background: Operational and Functional International Finance
• Master in Finance - University of Paris IX Dauphine, France
• Finance Manager - Graphical Division, Schlumberger
• European Controller - Design Software Market Leader, Autodesk
• EMEA Finance Director - Phone Manufacturer, Handspring
• EMEA Finance Director - Internet Infrastructure Company, VeriSign
Olivier Liechti (Swiss)
Chief Technology Officer
• Background: Technology, Systems and Software Engineering
• Ph.D. Computer Science - Hiroshima University, Japan
• M.Sc. Computer Science - University of Fribourg, Switzerland
• Professor, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland (HEIG-VD)
• R&D Manager, CeTT, Switzerland
• Senior Solution Architect - Sun Microsystems
• Researcher, Advanced Technology & Research (ATR) Labs, Kyoto
Annatina Tibbs (Swiss)
Corporate Affairs Manager
• Background: Corporate Affairs, Financial Administration
• Business Administration Diploma, Ecole Hauterive, Lausanne
• Corporate Affairs Manager – Regional MEA mobile security reseller, Lighthouse Ltd, Dubai
• Financial Administrator – Investment and advisory firm, Kaydon, Dubai
• Director, non-profit organization, SAScHA, South Africa
Elaine Moran (Irish)
Business Development Manager
• Background: Operations, Marketing, and Business Development.
• Executive MBA, Management and Corporate Finance - University of Lausanne HEC, Switzerland
• BSc Production Management - University of Limerick, Ireland
• Demand Manager Europe - Honeywell Technologies HQ, Switzerland
• Program Manager – Turbocharger Manufacturer, Honeywell France
• European Customer Quality, Honeywell, France
• European Supply Chain, Honeywell, Italy
Gregori Roth (Swiss)
Head of Project Management • Background: Account and Project management
• Architecture Masters, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne, Switzerland
• Project management GeraConsult, Switzerland
• Customer support and account management RICOH, Switzerland
Sabrina Carron (Swiss)
Legal Council
• Background: legal research/advice and international relations.
• Graduation at Fribourg Law School (Switzerland) with an additional certificate in European Law.
• Visiting researcher at Harvard Law School (USA).
• Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of International Affairs Swiss Competition Commission.
