Richard Manterfield graduated from King's College, University of London with a first class honours degree in Electrical Engineering and subsequently attained a Master of Science degree. He is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. He has vast experience in the communications and information technology fields, including business management, the derivation of strategies, the development of switching systems and network planning. He has managed several major programmes, including the implementation of an overlay network and the provision of optical fibre technologies in the access network. During his career, he was the leader of the United Kingdom delegation to international meetings defining signalling systems. Richard is currently a technology and business consultant with Mentor Technology International.