Honorary President (France)

Jacques Couvas is Managing Director of EastMed One Corp., a consulting and trading firm advising US and European multinationals on corporate and business strategies for entering the regional markets of Eastern Mediterranean and Eurasia. He has extensive experience in modern Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), the media, and the hospitality industries. He was a founding member of the steering committee, which formed EPPA, the predecessor to EMMA, and was elected Chairman of the Association between 1994 and 2005.

Couvas has held CEO, COO and executive officer positions and directorships in the US, EMEA and Asia with public and private companies. He has served on various committees of the ITU of the United Nations, ETSI, CEPT, and as corporate representative and lobbyist at the European Commission, the FCC, and the World Economic Forum.