Hatem Dowidar is the Group CEO of e&. He joined the Group in September 2015 as Group Chief Operating Officer and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer, International in March 2016.Ever since he took the company's helm, Dowidar has spearheaded several ground-breaking strategic programmes...

Khaleelo is responsible for building and executing the industry strategy and partnerships for Microsoft Telecommunications business in Central Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMA). He works across sales, product, engineering, and partners to help operators execute on their digital...

Masood M. Sharif Mahmood is the Chief Executive Officer of Etisalat UAE, from e& (formerly known as Etisalat Group).With an illustrious career and a strong drive for results, Mahmood is a true people leader, focused on bringing growth in Etisalat UAE, the telecoms pillar of e& in the...

Zahra Zayat is Chief Commercial Officer of evision, e& life. She is an experienced executive with over 15 years of experience in the world of OTT, digital products and services, and launching new businesses.Prior to that, Zayat held senior executive roles at OSN, Deloitte, and YuPP.Zayat has...

Saleem AlBlooshi heads the Technology division within EITC and is responsible for driving the company’s transformative network strategy into the digital age. His role entails ensuring emergent technologies are used efficiently to generate maximum profitably and security for all...

Andrew Hanna assumed the role of CEO of ZainTech in March 2021. The recently established entity is a regional digital & ICT operation that unifies Zain Group’s Enterprise ICT & Digital assets to offer a unique value proposition of comprehensive digital solutions and transformation services...

Nabil Baccouche is currently e& Group Chief Carrier & Wholesale Officer.With more than 21 years of diversified telco and technology experience, Nabil’s core expertise is wholesale services & solutions across multiple markets.Nabil joined e& Group in 2014 as Group Vice President...

Mr. Qadir is the Chief Executive Officer of Zain Omantel International (ZOI), which is a new joint venture between Zain Group and Omantel. Mr. Qadir is leading ZOI to manage all international wholesale requirements of Omantel and Zain operations in 8 countries, serving over 55 million...

Ahmed is working today on stc Bahrain-Ctdo- he has more than 20 years experience in telecom, throughout his career, he served for the main regional telecom players in many countries.  

Dubai-based, British national Laura Buckwell is a an industry event EMCEE, moderator and former TV news anchor. Throughout her time, Laura has interviewed many high profile CEO’s, personalities, entrepreneurs and government bodies.As a prominent figure within the events industry. Laura enjoys...

Hani Elkukhun, Chief Executive Officer – MEA:An accomplished and seasoned business leader with depth of ICT experience across telecoms and IT in both developed and emerging markets, Hani’s digital evangelism is amplified by his strong people management skills.Comfortable in dynamic, fast-changing...

Sakher is the head of growth & monetization at Astra Tech. He has been working in the consumer technology space for the past few years with notable stints in E-commerce, mobility, fintech and Q-commerce.

Tair Ismailov is responsible for managing GSMA's industry programs, strategic initiatives and advocacy activities with the key telecommunication groups, international and government organizations.Tair has extensive experience in business development, sales, operations and GR in telecom...

Jeff Lyndon is Sawa Group Shareholder the President and Co-founder of iDreamsky, the largest independent mobile game publishing platform in China by active user.He is currently also Advisor of Hong Kong Esports one the top brand name in the Esports space.On top of his role in iDreamsky ad Hong Kong ...

Umit is a product and solution strategist with more than 20 years of experience in digital transformation, telecommunications and business consulting. Part of Amdocs, he is currently helping telco customers in Middle East, Africa, India and Italy meet their business objectives with the right...

18-Years of extensive experience in the Carrier & Wholesale in Tier 1 Telecom Domain & major Transformation projects.Strategic thinking and business-oriented with in-depth technical solutions, marketing knowledge, and Culture change.Excellent reputation for agile delivery, strong...

Ramez Aziz is a Satellite and Telecom industry expert with 20 years of experience of Business development & Sales roles in Telcom Companies, Satellite service providers and Satellite operators. He has under his belt quite a few large connectivity projects involving Satellite with commercial...

Since joining Netcracker in 2007, Sylvain has held multiple global strategic sales and leadership roles for Netcracker. In his current role as President, Sylvain is a top decision maker, interacting with customers and stakeholders, setting the tone for the company’s values, culture, and brand. He...

Mrs. Jing Wang is an accomplished entrepreneur and business executive with a fierce drive to succeed. She is the founder and CEO of Sawa Group, a Dubai-based company that specializes in mobile games, eSports, and MCN. Prior to founding Sawa Group, she was the COO and co-founder of Fire Phoenix...

Adnan Kashwani has a total of 25 years of experience in the Fields of IT, Technology & Service Delivery. During his tenure in Etisalat by e&, Adnan was involved in multiple transformations that help to shape the face of e& as we know it today.Driven by Passion to Technology, Adnan led...

Extensive multi-national and telecom experience overseeing Strategy, Revenue, Customer Acquisition, Operations, Partner Portfolio and Retention functions.Currently, SVP and General Manager with full PnL accountability for the TMUS Wholesale line of business. Responsible for the Strategy, Business...

Based in IDC’s regional HQ in Dubai,Wilson spearheads IDC’s ICT Services research & advisory practice in the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey region. ICT Technology and Business Strategy Leader with over 20 years of diverse technological, cultural and geographical experience in USA, Asia and...

Ryan is a seasoned marketing professional with 146years’ experience in all things Digital, Data and Technology in the marketing industry. He has experienced both; entrepreneurship and driving organizational change within large multi-national businessess. Passionate problem-solver that believes that ...

Shafika Houcine is Director of Digital Channels at e& international and brings strong, data-driven journeys to the forefront of the company’s digitization objectives. Author of “MVNO strategies in Europe”, entrepreneur and journalist, she holds customers at the core of all campaigns and firmly...

Simone "AKirA" Trimarchi is the first Italian champion of Starcraft, a tournament he won in 2001, and he still hasn't hung up his competition.He is a pioneer of esport in many aspects, besides being a player: he founded SoL, one of the most successful Italian organizations in the...

Samitha Sagara is a Chartered Engineer and a seasoned technology executive with over 14 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. As DGM IT solution development of Sri Lanka Telecom, he is responsible for leading the company's technology strategy and overseeing the development and ...

Ahad Mohammad Bhai, CEO of Stellar Digital Limited. Stellar Digital Limited, was founded in January 2014. ‘BONGO’ a project of Stellar Digital Limited is the first aggregated entertainment platform in Bangladesh sourcing licensed digital content from TV stations, film producers and production...

Tolga oversees the telecommunications and ICT policy and regulations side of IDC’s syndicated research, custom consulting, and advisory services in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa region. Tolga plays an integral role in all IDC telecommunications-related initiatives in the Middle East and is...

As the Group Senior Director of Data and Insights at Choueiri Group, a leading media representation company in the Middle East, with over 16 years of experience in the industry, Mathieu is a highly experienced media and advertising research professional. In his current role, he leads a team...

Over 27 years of leadership experience specialized in Information Cyber Security with large corporates in Banking, Telecom, ITES, software and Manufacturing in the Middle East, US & India.

John Lacey joined Tencent in January 2020. As Level Infinite’s Country Manager for MENA, John oversees the publishing and operations of the mobile game-publishing business in the region, where Level Infinite is growing and publishes or owns some of the sector’s most valuable IP. Prior to joining...

Zaher Chami is Regional Sales Director at Orange International Carrier based in Dubai, UAE. He’s heading Middle East wholesale activities for Voice, Mobility, and Messaging services. Zaher holds a PhD in Telecommunication and has over 15 years of experience at Orange, were he led various roles and...

Appointed as Chief Executive Officer of e& life in February 2022, Khalifa Al Shamsi is responsible for expanding the digital portfolio of the business pillar of e& that brings the next generation digital world to the consumer’s fingertips, utilising the latest technologies, smart platforms...

Jasim Al Awadi, Chief ICT Officer (Acting) is a remarkable leader, who has been in the technology field for over 21 years and has worked for du for more than 16 years. In his journey at du, he has been an integral part of functions like technology and commercial where he was heading the government...

Piyush is a Director of Solution Consulting at Tecnotree Corporation based out of Dubai. He brings 20+ years of experience in Telcom BSS & OSS Solutions, Fintech & Digital Commerce solutions working with Telcos across the globe. Currently associated with multiple ongoing Digital...

Omar Alzaabi is Senior Vice President of Products and Business Development of Carriers and Wholesale unit in e& group.Omar have more than 20 years of Telecom experience in multi fields including technical, business and management, with international exposure, which allow him to expose to...

Ada Ogbunude is responsible for telecom investments in the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan and has over 16 years of experience in investments. She has been with IFC for over 8 years and within that time has executed telecom investments across the different verticals in Africa, Latin America...

Eugen Comendant has over 15 years of experience in management in the telecom industry, having worked in Western Europe and the Middle East. He is currently the Chief Commercial Officer at AWASR Oman, a leading fiber broadband provider in Oman. Previously, he held positions such as European Director ...

Manish Chandra is the Executive Director and Chief Sales Officer at 6D Technologies. He has been instrumental in deriving the vision and direction of the organisation and groomed the organisation to become a global telecom and enterprise solutions provider. He is a firm believer in teamwork and...

Niall Norton is general manager for Amdocs Networks, reporting to Anthony Goonetilleke, Group President for Technology and Strategy. Niall has responsibility for the commercial strategy related to Amdocs portfolio of software and services for the network market domain. This includes business...

Beki has been with Helios Towers plc since 2018. In the last five years, she has been closely involved in the company's IPO in 2019 and has played an instrumental role in closing all M&A transactions Helios Towers has undertaken over the last few years.Beki joined Helios Towers from...

Pascal is the Vice President, Middle East North Africa & Turkey of Digital Virgo, a global leader in mobile payment and delivery of content and commerce to telcos’ customers. He is a seasoned telco & digital executive with over 25 years’ experience. A business developer at heart and a...

1: 30+year telecom industry experience, specialized in mobile Network Operation, mobile network optimization, service solution design and deployment2: 5year Snr. management position responsible for Huawei Managed service and network assurance business development. project delivery, including...

Originally from Malaysia, Faezah began her career working for payment aggregators before moving to the Netherlands and spending the next 14 years working with digital merchant companies. During those years, Faezah witnessed firsthand the impact of DCB fraud on business growth, revenue, brand...

Akshay is a strategist with deep implementation experience—he leads the digital, IT and cyber functions for Kalaam Group. Akshay is responsible to anticipate the impact of emerging technologies across the industry in the future and charting the course from the realities of today.He leads a team of...

Luis Cárdenas is the Head of Partnerships for Middle East and Africa at LaLiga, with base in the regional office of Dubai. He is responsible for the commercial strategy of LaLiga in this region, identifying, negotiating and onboarding the right partners that align with LaLiga’s objectives, always...

Amr Khalifa is holding the position of Senior Vice Present of Customer Interaction & Product Development, possessing international experience across Middle East, Africa & Europe with 20+ years of experience in the telecom and information technology domains. With solid technical and...

Anthony Shiner has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer effective June 2022. In this role, Anthony is responsible for formulation and implementation of commercial strategies across all the 14 OPCOs. He will assume functional responsibility for Marketing, Home Broad Band, Sales and...

Bachir Boumediene leads telecom partnerships at Snap Inc. across MENA and India focusing on win-win strategic partnerships that create value for Telcos and Snapchat alike around network optimization, growth, innovation and monetization. Bachir has a deep understanding of the complexities of the...

Mathias Hanel is the Chief Commercial Officer of Ooredoo Algeria since 2019 where he implemented multi-year digital driven transformation program that returned the company to profitable growth.His journey in the telecoms industry started right after university and he has been working for...

Cédric Hubert is Vice President of Sales at Evina.Cédric has over 10 years of experience driving sales and presales of high added value solutions in Oceania and Europe for software editors specialised in Business Intelligence and Business Automation.

Ngozi Megwa is the Senior Vice President, Digital Partners and Enablers for Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA).In this role she is responsible for managing Mastercard’s relationships with digital partners across the region including Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), digital giants and...

Scott heads B2B distribution and partnerships for the Shahid VOD service at MBC GROUP, focused on enhancing Shahid’s network of partnerships with telecom operators, connected device manufacturers, payment services, and a variety of consumer finance, retail, travel and digital service companies. ...

Richard Meeus, Security Technology and Strategy Director, Akamai Technologies. Richard Meeus has over 20 years of experience in designing and building secure solutions working as pre/post-sales, in addition to consulting roles. He has worked on some of the world's largest enterprise security...

Mr. Sergei Vychuzhanin is a highly skilled and experienced Chief Information Officer, who brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to Aipix.His focus on developing products and services that meet the unique needs of the telecom industry has been a driving force behind the company’s success. With...

Mazen Sirwan has been a part of Korek Telecom for over five years. He has been the director of communications and has led many projects aimed at equipping the company for the digital age. Besides his role in Korek, he is the managing director of Tornet, which is the digital wing of Korek running as ...

Markus Persson has spent the last 30 years in Telecommunication with everything from operational aspects to strategic direction. Notably, Markus was General Manager for 3G network operations when Ericsson together with Vodafone launched its first-ever 3G network in Japan, establishing all new...

A strategic and results-driven business development professional with over 14 years of experience in partnership management, sales, and marketing. Proven track record in driving revenue growth through the development and management of strategic partnerships across diverse industries. Adept at...

Ari Banerjee works for Netcracker as Senior Vice President of Strategy, responsible for the company’s strategic direction and enabling it to address changing market and technology opportunities. He is responsible for all aspects of Netcracker’s strategic initiatives across its portfolio of software ...

Elie Antoun leads the Telecom and Disruptors businesses for Meta in the Middle East and North Africa. Prior to joining Meta, Elie worked in the Telecom industry as an engineer for 10 years, during which he managed the development, design and implementation of value added services for major Telecom...

Will Gibson is on a mission to help telcos thrive in the digital age and become more profitable.Will understands telecoms trends and pressures and how to execute a modern consumer sales experience. For 25+ years, he has helped telcos in over 60 countries improve their operations, including major...

Yasser Alkhuwaiter is the Chief Business Development Officer at Lebara KSA, and is responsible for new business growth, new opportunities, and strategic product positioning in KSA.His widespread and diverse experience in multiple executive positions in the telecommunication sector has enabled him...

During Richard’s 11 years at Nomura Securities, Richard focused on the equity coverage of the Global Technology sector in Equities. During that time, Richard began looking at Handset software and over a period of 5 years became an industry leader in the space. As a result, he was regularly...

25+ years of international experience in technology areas and thereof 12+ years in IoT, underpinned with industrial expertise in various positions at electronics companies and utilities, Living and breathing IoT and dedicated to bring the 4th Industrial Revolution and Digital Transformation of...

Daniel Kjellander is Vice President of the Middle East at CSG, where he is responsible for the regional go-to-market strategy and business development. His extensive experience in the telecommunications industry enables him to create service offerings that help operators in the Middle East solve...

Foot printed mainly in Africa, Middle East and Asia. From the Mobile networking toCentral data center,  the fixed national backbone to the cable landingStation, and the Web-net around the globe that have been constructed via both terrestrial and subsea cables. All for the purpose of...

With nearly 30 years in more than 40 countries in the telecommunications and IT sector (healthcare, AI, IOT, SMB) through international business development, managerial, C-level positions but also more than 10 years as an entrepreneur give him a unique experience and expertise today at the service...

Benjamin is the Head of Business Advisory from Whale Cloud with a demonstrated history of working in technology industry(Telecom,Cloud, IT and adjacent). He holds rich experience in helping telecom operators realize a practical digital transformation journey.

Tanya’s expertise sits at the intersection of digital transformation, advertising and telcos. Before founding Novatiq, she was Director of the Mobile Data Group at Telefonica where she spearheaded the management and monetisation of mobile operator customer data across the network footprint. Central ...

Elie Abouatme is the Director of TMT Go-to-Market for EMEA South at ServiceNow. With nearly two decades of experience in the Telco, Media, and Tech industries, Elie has a proven track record of helping customers define and implement strategies, driving business value, and fostering innovation. He...

General manager of telecom and information technology companies, with more than 24 years of experience in various industries in technology domains, directing teams of technical experts to analyze systems, and processes, and implement infrastructure improvements. Recognized for leadership in project ...

Telecoming’s Board member in charge of the short and long-term company’s strategy. She works on analysing trends and needs of the different markets where Telecoming operates and is responsible for coordinating corporate alliances. Patricia is passionate about the mobile economy, technology, and of...

I attended more than 100+ events, workshops, and conferences internally and externally as a speakers or part of the panel discussion and most of them were about Network & Cyber Security and telecommunication as well as Digital Transformation with Future Accelerators. However, my responsibility...

23+ years of experience in the telecom industry with a strong techno-commercial background that includes marketing, propositions, product management, product development, pricing, GTM, ICT, IoT, project management, sales, partnerships and vendor management, network & capacity planning, and...

Mr. Shabir Ali Murtaza is an ICT specialist with 20+ years of experience working with Amadeus, Du PJSC UAE, Etisalat UAE, Huawei Technologies UAE & Oman, and Ooredoo Oman. He has extensive knowledge and expertise in ICT operation framework creation, operational processes...

Overall responsible for operation & support Enterprise of IT applications and systems (CRM, BSS, OSS, and SOA) integration by providing technical expertise in the design development and implementation of new features or enhancement to systems/applications integration architecture and process...

As a senior sales executive, turnaround specialist, and transformational business leader, I excel at driving new business development, maximizing value, and positioning startup companies at the forefront of competitive global markets. I bring a record of building early-stage sales organizations...

Fayaz is a serial entrepreneur, investor, mentor and a startup community advocate from Bangladesh. Fayaz is currently the Chief of Nothing at Bongo, which largest OTT video streaming platform in Bangladesh with the largest content library and largest Youtube network. Bongo provides the end-end...

Ziad is a Senior Telecommunication Expert with Over than 25 years diversified and extensive industry experience including mobile Networks’ Engineering and Customer Experience Management “CEM”, where he played leadership roles in 2G/3G/4G system design, planning, optimization, operations and...

Kevin is an experienced business development professional having worked in the technology industry for almost 15 years. His specific interests lie in bridging the digital divide that exists in Pan-Africa and this has shaped his journey over the years working with different organizations that play...

Earlier this month Rachelle Peterson moved to DAZN the world's leading live sports streaming service as their SVP Global Commercial Distribution. Rachelle's remit will be to develop DAZN's go-to-market strategy and establish a B2B playbook building the companies global commercial...

Mukund is the President of Toonz Media Group and is responsible for the growth of international business for Toonz.• He has set up and let consumer centric businesses across Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America.• A Computer Engineer and a Strategic Management professional by...

While attending a telecommunications engineering university, David interned at a Parisian startup in the direct carrier billing services field. Within a few years, David became the CTO managing a team of 20 developers, while the company grew to 50 people and reached a turnover of 15 million...

Norbert Prihoda is Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Tunisie Telecom. He is TMT & Digital Board & C-level portfolio management and operations senior executive with extensive international investment and operating experience both in established multi-hundred million USD operations as well as ...

Paolo Storti is an IT and Open Source Enthusiast. This passion dates back to the high-school days when, in 1993, he started using Linux and other Open Source software as they allowed more freedom and control. In his early career, while working in the new Open Source team for IBM, he came up with...