Danish
Malcolm Johnson
Director Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, International Telecommunication Union
Mr Malcolm Johnson
was elected Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
in 2006. Prior to his election he acted as Head or Deputy Head of UK
Delegations to all ITU conferences and was responsible for many
initiatives in the management, structure and functioning of ITU.
Among these achievements are his proposal for the new Global Standards Collaboration (Sydney, 2001), chairing a reform group on standardization and initiation of many reforms to speed up the work and increase the role of the private sector.
Between 1992 and 2003, Mr Johnson was Director of the UK’s Radiocommunications Agency with responsibility for a large number of engineering and administrative staff and a significant financial budget, while continuing lead responsibility for UK in ITU and CEPT.
Between 1987 and 1992, he was employed at the Telecommunication Regulations Division of the European Commission.
Before this he represented UK in many other international
organizations, including the International Maritime Organization,
Inmarsat, and the European Space Agency.
