



THE BAHAMAS AND THE CARIBBEAN'S CANDIDATE FOR BDT DIRECTOR

THE BAHAMAS AND THE CARIBBEAN'S CANDIDATE FOR BDT DIRECTOR
Stephen Bereaux is currently the Deputy to the Director, and Chief of the Field Operations Coordination Department of the BDT, a position he has held since March 2020.
As Deputy to the BDT Director, Mr. Bereaux has operated as the key leadership partner of the Director and has overall responsibility for many of the day-to-day responsibilities in the Bureau. These include; strategic and operational planning, monitoring and evaluation, administration of BDT events, expert recruitment, and leadership of ITU’s regional presence. His work leading the Review of the ITU’s Regional Presence and implementing the recommendations coming out of that review has already delivered tangible improvements in performance and accountability in the ITU’s regional and area offices. Mr. Bereaux is committed to digital inclusion both globally and within ITU, and since joining ITU he has been a supporter of ITU’s work to achieve gender balance within ICT’s globally and in ITU itself. He currently Co-Chairs ITU’s Gender Task Force, which works within ITU to drive the organization’s efforts to achieve Gender Balance in its work.