Paresh Modi

Head of Fusion at GSMA

Speaker

Paresh joined GSMA in July 2024 as Senior Director, for the newly formed GSMA Fusion Team, after having served for 17 years at Vodafone Group.

Paresh joined Vodafone in 2007 to help establish Vodafone Global Enterprise – the global division serving multinational customers. Since then, he went on to perform a number of roles in sales, marketing, go-to-market and business development in both the B2B and B2C side of Vodafone’s business.

Paresh’s experience spans 30+ years’ across telecoms and technology where he has gained deep experience in partnering with large complex enterprises, hyperscalers and system integrators. Paresh also has significant experience of cross-industry activities in the areas of GSMA’s RCS and Mobile Connect initiatives, as well as the leadership of several M&A and joint venture projects including the formation of Weve, the UK-cross-MNO adtech JV where he served on the Board.

In his current role as the lead for GSMA Fusion, Paresh’s goal is to engage with enterprises in multiple vertical sectors - to understand their requirements of today’s advanced networks with the ultimate goal of enabling them to deliver to capabilities to their businesses and their customers.