Biography
Sheba Chacko is Chief Regulatory Counsel for BT Global Services, the international arm of British Telecommunications plc. She leads a team that covers the Americas region for BT and is based in Reston, VA and Washington, DC. She advises all BT business units on telecoms, antitrust and national security-related regulatory issues in the Americas, advocates on behalf of BT before regulators in the Americas, and is tasked with telecoms regulatory compliance for the region. Prior to joining BT, Sheba practiced communications law with U.S. law firms, advising and assisting fixed telephony, wireless, Internet and satellite clients. Sheba has a Juris Doctor degree from Duke Law School, a Master of Laws degree in International Law from Georgetown University Law Center, and served as a board member of Duke Law School’s Alumni Board. She is an IAPP- certified privacy professional. She has lived in Malaysia, India and the UK, but has called the US her home since the early eighties.