Leadership
The leadership includes a Chairperson of the wider UK SPF, the Steering Board Chair, the Steering Board Vice Chair and the Cluster Chairs.
Chairman

Dr. Abhaya Sumanasena
Abhaya is a results-driven and influential leader with extensive experience developing and delivering forward-looking spectrum strategies and policies. Abhaya currently leads the Spectrum and Regulatory Practice at Real Wireless and is the Chairman of the UK Spectrum Policy Forum (UK SPF). He has over 20 years of hands-on experience successfully leading radio spectrum/regulatory work and techno-economic analysis within national regulatory authorities, MNOs and vendors.
Steering Board - Chair

Luigi Ardito
Luigi Ardito is currently working as a Senior Director of Government Affairs EMEA at Qualcomm. He is leading Qualcomm spectrum and regulatory policy agenda in Europe dealing with various government entities and industry organizations. He is also the Chairman of Digital Europe Spectrum Group and member of the GSA Spectrum management team.
Steering Board - Vice Chair

Stuart Cooke
Stuart is Chair of the GSA’s Global Spectrum Team and Director of Samsung’s Spectrum & Industry Affairs.
Cluster 1: Future Spectrum Demand

Saul Friedner
The Chair of Cluster 1 is Saul Friedner, who is Director of Spectrum Services and Business Development at LS telcom UK.
Cluster 2: Long-term Spectrum Strategy

Robert Stewart
Cluster 2 is chaired by Bob Stewart, Professor at the University of Strathclyde in the Dept of Electronic Eng. He leads the ‘StrathSDR’ team working on software defined radio (SDR) and next generation radio access networks using shared spectrum with dynamic spectrum access (DSA).
Cluster 3: Spectrum Value and Efficiency

Tony Lavender
Cluster 3 Chair Tony Lavender is a Partner at Plum Consulting.
Cluster 4: International Spectrum Issues

Kumar Singarajah
Cluster 4 Chair Kumar Singarajah is a Member of the IET & IEEE and a Fellow of the CMI. He is currently a Director of Euroma Ltd and also Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs (UK / Europe) at Astroscale UK Ltd.