Stewart White is a lawyer by training and has spent more than 25 years specialising in
ICT and media law, regulation and policy as well as other regulated sectors. He is
CEO of Stewart White Consulting, which he established in 2005. He is also the
Public Policy Advisor of Solaris Mobile. He is currently part of the team advising the
Australian Government on the creation of NBN Co, the next generation broadband
network provider.
Originally from Australia, he moved to Europe in 1988 to join a UK based law firm
where he advised on satellite related issues for the Murdoch group and on the first
satellite procurements of SES-Astra. He has advised a number of satellite operators,
such as PanAmSat and Thuraya, as well as service providers such as CNN, and has
been an expert advisor to the European Commission on a range of policy issues in the
ICT sector.
From 1999 to 2005, he was the Group Public Policy Director of Vodafone Group,
where he was described by its CEO, Sir Christopher Gent, as ‘Vodafone’s Foreign
Minister.’
He has had a long involvement with the ITU and has also advised a number of
governments on sector reform, drafting legislation to implement and establish
regulatory authorities, drafting licences and interconnection agreements, particularly
in the Middle East.
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