Ben Wreschner joined Vodafone in February 2011 and is the Regulatory Policy Director for the Vodafone Group. Prior to joining Vodafone Ben qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ACA) with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1999 and then joined the PwC telecoms consulting practice also qualifying as a Certified Financial Analyst (CFA). In 2009 Ben joined Ovum’s regulatory consulting practice. Ben is an expert in public affairs, public policy, competition economics, regulatory strategy and market analysis having previously advised operators and regulators on such matters in over 25 different countries. He has worked extensively in the Brussels policy environment representing Vodafone with policy makers (European Commission, European Parliament, European Council, BEREC) and industry bodies. Ben also oversees Vodafone’s External Affairs activities on Mergers, and worked extensively on the UK merger between Vodafone and Three. Ben is also working on the establishment of a European satellite company (Satellite Connect Europe) with Vodafone’s partner – AST Spacemobile – for the provision of satellite services direct to unmodified smartphones.