iBASIS CEO and leadership

Tofane Global is a Paris-based company, in global communication services for Telecom and “Over The Top” operators. I founded it in 2017 after I left Orange International Carriers. With the closings of 2 acquisitions signed the same week in March 2018 - ... an unbelievable coincidence ! - our revenues have jumped to ~$1bn.

Our strategy is to carve-out the international mobile & carrier services of telecom operators and combine them with our own Tier-1 platforms and teams. We invest or partner in innovative platforms to accelerate the digitization of international services. The acquisition of iBasis, a Royal KPN's subsidiary with a unique innovation track record and the International Wholesale of Altice Group is a perfect start for its execution.



With $2.1 Bn sales, I led the transformation of Orange International Carriers, incumbent's wholesaler, into a business-minded leader, #1 for international communications, with new countries (eg Burma) and new clients such as Skype,Google.

Before, designed and launched the \'Cash Flow Generation\' plan in the aftermath of the Orange 2005’s warnings. The expectations were outperformed by 20%

- From 2001 to 2004, been to Rabat as Managing Director and CFO of incumbent Maroc Telecom - 14,000 emp. to lead the company modernization, and insure its IPO on Paris stock exchange, deploy mobile network and gain 5 million customers, grow by 20% p.a., facing the competition

- Prior, worked with Vincent Bollore in executive positions in BtoB specialized services (transport& logistics, real estate, clinics, battery) to successfully implement value-oriented strategies.

- Prior worked in Manhattan, NYC for 3 years with Nu-Swift Services

Ajay Joseph is the Chief Technical Officer of iBasis and has more than 25 years’ experience in the Telecommunication Industry. He is responsible for the technical strategy and engineering of the iBasis global network and underlying systems. His leadership over more than a decade has been instrumental in iBasis’ growth from a start-up to one of the largest international carriers in the world. Ajay is also largely responsible for driving innovation within iBasis such as the new developments around Internet of Things and is the Founder of the iBasis Global Access for Things solution. He is a member of parent-company KPN’s innovation council.

Edwin van Ierland has had a substantial career at the Ministry of Defence, Royal Netherlands Airforce, Schiphol Telemedics, KPN Telecom and iBasis Inc. (USA), in various staff and managerial positions. Edwin graduated as an Airforce officer from the Royal Military Academy (Electronics) and has amongst others completed advanced study programs in Management, Business (IMD), lnformation Systems and New Business (Boston University).

After his start in 2015 within the Royal Imtech Marine organization he has fulfilled several executive management positions as GM Techsol in Quebec, Global Director New Build and Managing Director RH Marine NL and the CCO role.

Result- and customer orientated, Edwin is an ambitious executive, who has extensive experience with large and complex projects, organizational change, operations management and international markets. Change manager with a clear customer focus.

Specialties: International executive, Change manager, Result oriented, Outside in thinker, executer, M&A, Outsourcing, Networker, Customer driven