The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) is pleased to announce that the Council has appointed Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, a Ghanaian national, as its next Chief Executive Officer, effective September 8, 2003. He will succeed the incumbent Dr. David Souter, a British citizen, who leaves the organisation on September 6, 2003 after seven years in office. Dr. Spio-Garbrah is a former Minister of Communication and Acting Chairman of the National Communication Authority of the Republic of Ghana and one-time Ambassador of Ghana to the United States and Mexico. He also served as Minister of Education, Minister responsible for Mines and Energy, and member of UNESCO’s Executive Board in Paris. Prior to his appointments in the Ghanaian government, Dr. Spio-Garbrah was Head of Communication of the Abidjan-based African Development Bank and an External Relations Officer of the International Finance Corporation in Washington, D.C. He worked earlier for Southwestern Bell Corporation and Hill and Knowlton, Inc., both of the U.S.A. It is expected that Dr Spio-Garbrah will assume responsibilities of the new office on 8 September 2003 after all formalities have been consummated. C.M. Lekaukau CTO Council Chairman