Mike van den Bergh is an internationally-recognized figure in the global telecommunications and high tech industries, having held a wide variety of senior management positions in South Africa, the UK and Australia over a period of more than 35 years. Today, Mike holds the positions of both Chief Marketing Officer at PCCW Global and Managing Director of HKT Global Development Services. He is also responsible for Strategic Business Development within the company.
Mike was the Chief Executive Officer of Gateway Communications prior to its acquisition by PCCW Global in 2012. Gateway was the leading provider of pan-African connectivity solutions, delivering voice, data and value added services to Africa’s leading mobile operators, carriers and service providers, as well as to multinational enterprises. Mike was also a director of GTV, Gateway’s DTH (direct-to-home) TV business, which broadcast sport and entertainment television channels to 15 African countries.
Mike founded FirstNet in South Africa in 1991, which later merged with Gateway IP to become Gateway Communications. He has been active in the African telecommunications industry ever since, travelling extensively and spearheading Gateway’s drive into new markets across the continent and beyond.
As a member of PCCW Global’s senior management team, Mike continues to drive the expansion of the company’s business on a worldwide basis, with his portfolio including M&A, corporate strategy and business partnerships.
Mike has over the years chaired a number of industry associations, both in South Africa and internationally.
PCCW Global is the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong's premier telecommunications service provider, which is majority-owned by PCCW Limited. Covering more than 3,000 cities and 140 countries, PCCW Global’s network supports a portfolio of integrated global communications services which include Ethernet solutions, IP solutions, fiber and satellite transmission solutions, managed services and solutions, international voice and VoIPX offerings, as well as a rapidly expanding range of value-added services including cloud-based services, Unified Communications and OTT (over the top) content and media solutions, and managed security services.
HKT Global Development Services integrates the PCCW and HKT integrated quad play to mobile and fixed operators worldwide, together with a range of value-added services such as Smart Living (smart homes) and smart cities, managed OTT video services, and the build, operate and transfer of FTTx and other operator-level infrastructure services.
Mike van den Bergh is an internationally-recognized figure in the global telecommunications and high-tech industries, having held a wide variety of senior management positions in South Africa, the UK and Australia over a period of more than 35 years. Today, Mike holds the positions of both Chief Marketing Officer at PCCW Global and Managing Director of HKT Global Development Services. Prior to its acquisition by PCCW Global in 2012, Mike was the CEO of Gateway Communications. As a member of PCCW Global’s senior management team, Mike continues to drive the expansion of the company’s business on a worldwide basis, with his portfolio including both M&A and business partnerships. He has also been instrumental in spearheading PCCW Global’s expansion into the consumer OTT and IPTV content delivery space, and is a director of ONTAPtv.com in South Africa.