Simon Webster is Director, Submarine Networks EMEA for NEC. He started in NEC’s cable business in 1998, and currently heads NEC’s business in EMEA for submarine cable networks and ocean observation systems. He is also a steering committee member of the UN ESCAP Sustainable Business Network task force to advance cabled tsunami early warning systems in Asia. Simon has a degree in Physics from Oxford University, plus Masters and Management qualifications from the University of London and Henley Management College respectively. Simon chairs the Cable Sensing Working Group of the International Cable Protection Committee.