David Nishball is President of Airtel Enterprise Services, a strategic business unit of Bharti Airtel Ltd., India’s leading telecom service provider. As President of AES, David leads all business-to-business activities, including carrier wholesale and corporate markets – both within India and globally. He is responsible for providing strategic direction and insight to maximise business profitability and enhance customer satisfaction. David has over twenty five years of experience spanning various roles and functions in the telecommunications industry, including 15 years in international markets.

Prior to joining Airtel, David was a Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific, for Orange Business Services (formerly Equant) based in Singapore. He was responsible for managing Orange’s business operations in ASEAN, Japan, Korea, Greater China, India and Australasia.

During his working career, David has held a number of strategic positions at AT&T and its related companies where he played a key role in supporting and managing AT&T several global ventures. He was head of business sales and managed services for AT&T Asia Pacific. He also served as Vice President of Concert Asia Pacific, a joint venture between BT and AT&T, where he led the global accounts sales force, carrier services organisation and regional sales support organisation. David was a founding officer of WorldPartners Company, a global telecommunications services venture between AT&T, KDD (Japan), Singapore Telecom and Unisource, serving as the Vice President, Marketing.

David began his career as Manager for Product Planning and Engineering Programs in Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. He completed his Master of Business Administration (Honours) with focus on Finance and Operation Research from the University of California, at Berkley, Haas School of Business, and also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University.

He is married with two children, and speaks English, Cantonese and Tagalog, but so far only a few words of Hindi.