Telecoms World Middle East - list of speakers

Christian Kern is Head of MENA Equity Research at J.P.Morgan in Dubai. His senior coverage responsibilities are Telecoms. Christian joined J.P.Morgan from Lehman Brothers in London where he has been Co-Head of the Telecoms team that has consistently been No1 II-ranked (2002-08). Prior he was 8 years with Citigroup as Director in London and worked...

Rashid Abdulla took on the role of Chief Executive for Batelco Bahrain in January 2011, having held the position of Managing Director of Qualitynet, Batelco’s sister operation in Kuwait, since 2000. During his 10 year tenure at Qualitynet, Rashid helped to turn the company into a highly profitable and customer focused organisation recognised as...

Parvez Ahmed is the Senior Manager, Sales and Solutions, at the broadcast division in du. He is responsible for ensuring incremental revenues, and offering solutions that meet the needs of broadcasters in the region and beyond. The broadcast division in du supports satellite transmission of SD and HD TV Channels from its teleport based in the...

Mr. Hisham received his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Miami in 1988. He began his career in the United States as an Engineer in the Strategic Planning Department of American Express, and after his return to Kuwait, he held several positions in the Ministry of Communications, until he was appointed Director...

Samer Al Dameri is the Consumer Vice President Products & Service at mobily handling the areas of Data Service, Digital Media & Content and value added service.

HE Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim is the Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). Described as a telecom and ICT veteran and one of the few highly experienced telecom engineers in the UAE, Al Ghanim was entrusted with establishing a telecom regulatory body in the UAE in 2004. In 2006 and under Al Ghanim’s leadership, TRA...

Eyas Al-Hajery is currently the Senior Executive Vice President of Wholesale and Carrier Services in Mobily. He leads wholesale business in Mobily since its inception, which captured a substantial share of the Saudi wholesale market in a very short period. During his current tenure, Al-Hajery led a major and a successful Post Merger Integration...

Mr Mohammad Momani has been recognized as a business professional in the telecom field with distinguished international exposure and more than 15 years experience in the int’l telecom business including: Int’l carriers’ relations and services, interconnect, IDD tariff pricing, Int’l settlements, Int’l traffic routing management, Roaming and int’l...

Zakaraya has over 10 years of experience in Sales & Marketing and Business Development, he has worked with many international vendors like Acer, BenQ and Sony Ericsson in the Middle East & Africa, he has a Master in Science and speaks many languages one of them is Chinese. Zakaraya currently leads the Business Development activities for Etisalat...

Ali is currently a distinguished member of Saudi Telecom Compan-STC the technical staff , worked with Alcatel, Lucent, Telcordia, and he’s a recognized information and communication Technology (ICT) expert with proven track record of significant contribution and achievements. He has an experience that extends to more than 26 Years, started...

Ali Amiri is the Executive Vice President for Etisalat’s Carrier and Wholesale Services. In this role he is responsible for leading the development of a comprehensive portfolio of world class services and to market these to a global audience. He is also responsible for the evolution and development of Etisalat’s international submarine...

Hanadi Ayoub is Vice President of Network Architecture& Delivery management, at du/EITC (the Second Telecom operator in UAE). Hanadi has more than 18 years of experience in the ICT industry working for Service providers; she is a key member of du pre-launch team. Expert in project management, planning, integration, and implementation of...

With nearly 13 years of rich experience in the region's telecom industry, Hatem’s previous role was Director Network Development in Mobily KSA, where he was responsible for planning, designing and implementing the mobile network of mobily kSA. A telecom Engineer by qualification, Hatem was earlier posted at Etisalat as Chief Engineer Mobile system ...

Nourhan N. Beyrouti has been in the media and entertainment industry for the passed 10 years. Nourhan brings avid branding, creative design, innovation, and telecoms vision into the digital integration of the GCC industries. Today he is the Head of Branding at the pleasingly different mobile operator in the Sultanate of Oman – Nawras. Nourhan earn ...

Oleh Bobovnikov graduated from the Dnipropetrovs’k State University (Radiophysics) and from the Kyiv Marxism-Leninism Philosophy & Propaganda University. Doctor of Honour of the Ternopil Technical University. Worked as: General Director Novatel Ukraine (subsidiary of Magyar Telekom), Commercial Director Ukraine/South FSU for Telia International...

As from January 2011, Joël BONNEAU joined France Telecom Marine. He is in charge of managing the laying achievements for new submarine cables, by taking care of all the contacts with the local authorities to get the official authorisations where these cables have to land. Before, Joël Bonneau was the Head of sales of Orange France Telecom...

Mohammed worked at ENIE & Afatron (Algeria), Motorola-Iridium (USA), Worldspace (USA), Nokia Training Academy (Dubai), Orga Cards (Dubai) & other major Telecoms players. His expertise covers Wholesale & Carriers Business, Regulatory Affairs, Business Dev, Training, Corporate Sales and Channel Distribution Management. Mohammed holds a BS in...

Born in Beirut Lebanon in 1972, Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration (class of ’94). Began his Professional career as an advertiser at BBDO Paris working on the first French Mobile Operator: Itineris before it became Orange/France Telecom) Moved to Publicis Group to handle the SFR account, 2nd French mobile network and initiate the...

Louay Abou Chanab is a Principal with Booz & Company in Beirut and a member of the communications, media, and technology practice. He has 15 years of management experience and has spent the last decade focusing on the telecom industry in operational and consulting roles. He specializes in ICT-sector policymaking, regulatory management, and...

Philippe is a serial entrepreneur since 1993 with management and technology involvement in self-founded companies. Philippe has an extensive knowledge of the online and wireless industries acquired while creating visionary products, services & technologies for large international companies and key mobile & online players including mobile...

Ross Cormack was appointed Nawras CEO in June 2004. Following an extremely fast build out, Nawras launched to great acclaim in March the following year, achieving more than 45% market share with over 1.6 million customers by April 2009. Highly praised for its pleasingly different customer service, Nawras has redefined and simplified the whole...

As Vice President & Head of Sales EEMEA, John draws on 30 years of experience in Telecommunications, specializing in data and transmission. He spent 9 years working in various engineering and operations positions and entered an international sales and management role in 1990 with Sprint International. He has held various Senior Sales...

Head of Project Development Business Development & Innovation Scouting Deutsche Telekom AG International Businesses (IBU) Europe Karim is responsible for the development of new and proposed products across Deutsche Telekom's International Business Unit. His work focuses on a number of business clusters including Alternative Access...

Chandan is currently regarded amongst the most Senior Telecom Experts in a Global Wholesale Industry. He has seen the business from all sides as he has worked with Vendors, Network Operators, and Service Providers, with Customer Service, Sales and P&L Business Owner. Over 30 years ago, after his Electrical Engineering from Bombay University ...

As the Business Head for Middle East and Africa, Anup is responsible for developing & executing strategy to maximize business profitability and enhance customer satisfaction in the Middle East and Africa for all the Data Products in Airtel’s Portfolio . He is responsible for expanding Airtel’s data product roadmap , service capabilities and...

Mr. Hanna has over 18 years of experience in the global Telecoms & ICT industry gained in various international competitive markets. He is currently the CCO for STC's Bahrain subsidiary VIVA where he is responsible for overall commercial operations encompassing sales, service, products, marketing and partnerships. Previously Mr. Hanna held the...

Titus Yong is the Vice President of SingTel Satellite since 2006. He has held various senior positions in the ICT industry over 18 years including Senior Director of Corporate Business Marketing and COO for Managed Hosting business unit in SingTel, and Director of Business Marketing and Product Management for Optus based out of Sydney. In his...

George Held is Director of Products and Services at Etisalat Group. He leads development and rollout of key strategic Products initiatives across Etisalat Group in the areas of mHealth, Mobile Financial Services and Broadband/Data Services. Prior to joining Etisalat, George was holding a Senior Management positions in Airtel, Zain and Tele2.

Samson Isa is currently heading the department of Value Added Services at Globacom, Nigeria's second largest mobile operator serving more than 20 million subscribers. Samson has over 10 years experience in the Telecommunications industry and is responsible for developing new product portfolio, building alliances with content and applications...

Mahesh Jaishankar is the Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at du, the integrated telecom service provider in the UAE, where he leads the marketing and business development efforts in International & Wholesale, to position du as a premier carrier and wholesale player. Mahesh has over 17 years of experience in the Telecom & IT...

hahrokh joined Intelsat in 2006 as Managing Sales Director. Shahrokh is responsible for all Intelsat Operations in the Middle East and is based in Dubai, UAE. Shahrokh has more than 25 years experience in communications. Before joining Intelsat Shahrokh was with PanAmSat Corporation as Regional Director for the Middle East. Shahrokh worked for ...

Mike Last is Director of Marketing & International Business Development at WIOCC. Since joining the company in 2008, he has been involved in many aspects of the business including company strategy, business development, product roadmap, communications planning and marketing. He is also responsible for the WIOCC blog at...

Mohammed Al Najwani was found to be a very valuable asset in the service industry that employers had attracted him during his college education. After College, Mohammed worked with several companies in Muscat and Dubai to finally land in Nawras, the leading Telecommunication Services Provider in Oman. In Nawras, he took the fast lane very quickly...

Kamal Okba is the CEO of Mauritel 1st Telecom operator in Mauritania, with deep experience in the telecom sector and Internet technologies. Before joining Mauritel, he was in charge of Southern activities of Maroc Telecom in Morocco. He also was the CEO of Casanet company an Internet branch of Maroc Telecom. He is a computer science engineer and...

Hailing from the Middle East, Hussein is bilingual in Arabic and English. He is also a trusted advisor to many of our clients looking to expand their offering in the region. With more than 20 years’ experience in managerial roles across the telecoms and satellite industry, Hussein has a strong track record in developing businesses in the Middle...

Amol Patel is Head of Emerging Markets at PayPal Mobile. Amol expanded PayPal’s mobile footprint across Europe and Asia Pacific, and is presently managing initiatives across emerging markets globally. He led mobile product innovation at PayPal by launching its Global Mobile API framework. Previously, Amol was Founder & CEO of ConvergeLabs, a...

Gulfraz has over 13 years of investment banking experience focussed on the telecom sector. Over this time, he has advised on in excess of $100 billion worth of advisory deals and successfully executed over $50 billion of equity and debt capital markets transactions for large and mid-sized corporates globally. Today, based out of London, Gulfraz's...

Mr. Roberts is Group Vice President of Verizon's International Carrier and Wholesale Sales Division, providing services and solutions to Carriers, ISPs, Resellers, Aggregators and Cable Operators worldwide. This unit includes Carrier Professional Services, providing consultancy, design, build, implementation, operational management and maintenance ...

Dr. Vishal Sharma (Senior Member IEEE, Life Fellow IETE) is Principal at Metanoia, Inc., a niche Bay-area firm providing deep-dive technical expertise to clients in telecom network- and systems-design and strategy. Dr. Sharma and his team of experts at Metanoia, Inc. have helped players across the telecom ecosystem (spanning chip/semi-conductor...

Tim Stronge is Vice President of Research at TeleGeography. His areas of expertise include international voice traffic, terrestrial and submarine cable systems, and international bandwidth markets. Since joining TeleGeography in 1996, Tim has served as a principal analyst in most areas of research, including network infrastructure, bandwidth...

Osman Sultan has a wealth of experience having worked in telecommunications and information technology in several countries in Europe, North America and the Middle East. The holder of a Degree in Engineering, Mr. Sultan was the Chairman of the Arab Working Group for the Private Sector in the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) from 2003...

Karim Taga is Managing Partner, Global Practice Leader TIME at Arthur D. Little. He specializes in telecommunications and he is a member of the TIME (Telecommunications, Information Technology, Media and Electronics) practice. He is active in this industry for 15 years already. Author of the last four editions of the Global M-Payment report. His...

Head Business Development Satellite Solutions with over 20 years proven experience initiating direct sales in new international and domestic telecommunication markets and establishing international distribution networks; since 2008 focus on satellite markets for serving customers within Orange Business Services, a France Telecom subsidiary...

Titus Yong is the Vice President of SingTel Satellite since 2006. He has held various senior positions in the ICT industry over 18 years including Senior Director of Corporate Business Marketing and COO for Managed Hosting business unit in SingTel, and Director of Business Marketing and Product Management for Optus based out of Sydney. In his...

Dr. Muneer Zuhdi has been with Etisalat since December 2008. In his current role, as Senior Director of Technology Strategy, he is in charge of the technology strategy for both Fixed and Mobile Networks in the United Arab Emirates. Prior to joining Etisalat, Dr. Zuhdi held variety of engineering and management positions in the United States of...