About Us > Core Management Team
Kalba International is a global telecommunications consulting group founded and led by Dr. Kas Kalba. Our projects are managed by experienced consultants, including the members of the firm’s core management. These seasoned managers bring in-depth consulting, operating, and investment management skills to the group and our clients.
Kas Kalba, President and CEO, has directed successful strategy, regulatory, transaction and market entry consultancies in more than 40 countries on six continents, advising a wide range of governments, operators, investors and other clients. He has served on the faculties of Yale, Harvard and MIT, and has managed numerous multi-country project teams.
Nicholas Stevens, Managing Director, is a senior business development executive and investment professional with extensive experience in developing, financing and building TMT businesses in frontier markets for financial investors (GE Capital, TD Capital, OPIC) and operators (Bloomberg, Hearst). He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School.
Barney Lane, Managing Consultant, is an Oxford-trained economist specializing in the cost and pricing aspects of telecommunications services and associated regulation, including the evolving EU framework. He formerly headed Charles River Associates’ TMT practice in Asia and has worked in the London offices of PriceWaterhouseCoopers and NERA.
Paul Renaud, Managing Consultant, is a senior mobile marketing professional with experience in Africa, Asia and Europe. He has held executive positions at Orange, Telefonica O2, Vodafone and Zain, focusing on marketing strategy and implementation, including sales staffing, customer acquisition, product development, and capex and churn reduction.
Avi Teitelman, Managing Consultant, has served as president of a TMT investment company, evaluating and managing a wide range of wireless and broadband ventures in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, , and the Middle East. He was previously head of regulation and licensing at the Ministry of Communications in Jerusalem.