Afshin Mohebbi

Mr. Mohebbi was president and chief operating officer of Qwest Communications International Inc., a Fortune 100 company with revenues in excess of $19B and 25 million customers worldwide. He had operational responsibilities for core wireline, international, and yellow pages businesses of the company. He joined Qwest in 1999 and was co-chairman of the company's merger integration with Regional Bell Operating Company USWEST. Previously, He was president and managing director of United Kingdom Markets for British Telecom and a member of the company's management board. Earlier, Mohebbi was president and managing director of BT's Business Division, with responsibility for BT's business customers in addition to its yellow pages (Yell), managed outsourcing services (Synchordia), and its Internet subsidiaries. He joined BT in 1997. Mohebbi began his career in 1983 with Pacific Bell Telephone Company in California, where he held a number of assignments in engineering, operations, sales, and marketing. His last position with Pacific Bell was vice president-business markets. In 1997, he accepted the position of vice president-marketing for SBC Communications following its acquisition of Pacific Bell. He was selected by World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland as one of Global Leaders of Tomorrow in year 2000. Past board of director memberships include Hanaro Telecom, Bearingpoint Inc, where he was chairman of the compensation committee, Qwest Cyber.Solutions LLP, and Cellnet. Mr. Mohebbi holds an MBA from University of California, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from University of California Irvine.