Gary Fowlie is the Head of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Liaison Office to the United Nations. ITU is the specialized agency of the UN responsible for information and communication technology. Gary worked as an Account Director for the global technology practice of the consulting firm Hill and Knowlton prior to joining the ITU and was responsible for communications for the UN World Summit on the Information Society. From 2005-2009 he occupied the post of Chief of Media Liaison for the United Nations in New York. He is an Economist and Journalist, having worked for the news service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and The Economist. Gary is a graduate of the Universities of Alberta, Alabama and the London School of Economics and is a part-time instructor in the School of Business at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.