Executive Profiles
Abdel Malik Al Jaber
CEO
Zain Jordan
Abdullah Al Kanhal
Service Development Director
STC
Abir Hnidi
General Manager MEA Region
SONUS
Ahmad Hiasat
Telecom expert / consultant
Ahmed Bin Ali
Global Senior Vice President of Corporate Communication
Etisalat
Ahmed Nassef
Vice President & Managing Director
Yahoo! Middle East
Ahmed Ossama
Managing Director
TE Data
Akil Alakil
Vice President Regulatory Affairs
Mobily
Alex Shalaby
Chairman
Mobinil
Ali Al Amiri
Executive Vice President, Career & Whole Sale Services
Etisalat
Alper Turken
Director of Sales, Middle East & Turkey
Motorola Home
Amr Eid
Vice President MENA
PCCW Global
Andrew Hanna
Chief Commercial Officer
Viva Bahrain
Andrew Sharpe
Partner
Charles Russell LLP
Anil Pande
Director - Telecom Marketing
Dura-Line
Arnaud Gardin
VP, Marketing & Sales
Vedicis
Azdine El Mountassir Billah
General Director
Agence Nationale des Reglementations des Telecommunications
Badr Al Badr
Managing Director Smart Connected Communities Practice
Cisco
Bahjat Al Darwiche
Vice President
Booz & Co.
Bertrand Clesca
Managing Director EMEA
Xtera Communications Inc
Bocar A. BA
President, Committees & Membership Development
SAMENA Telecommunications Council
Bosco Novak
Chief Markt Operations Officer
Nokia Siemens Networks
Boulos H. B. Doany
CEO
Oger Telecom
Carl Lewin
Business Developer Manager Telecom Sector - GCC
Intel Corporation
Clifford John Nelson
Senior Vice President
OSN
David Castillo
President
Al Harbi International
David Ross
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
The David Ross Group
Deepak Padmanabhan
CEO
EITL
Dr. Amer Awadh Al-Rawas
CEO
Omantel – Oman
Dr. Amr Badawi
Executive President
National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA)
Dr. Diar Ahmed
CEO
Asiacell
Dr. Ejder Varol
CEO
Gantek
Dr. Ibrahim A. Kadi
Senior Advisor
Communications & IT Commission (CITC)
Dr. Kai Grunert
Partner
Detecon International GmbH
Dr. Khalid Kalil
Vice President Strategy & Business Development
Telcordia
Dr. Mohammed Yaseen
Chairman
PTA – Pakistan
Dr. Nasser Marafih
CEO
Qatar Telecom
Dr. Nizar Dalloul
Chairman & CEO
Comium - Lebanon
Dr. Saad Al-Barrak
Managing Director
Zain Saudi Arabia
Dr. Tarek Kamel
Chairman
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA)
Dr.Ibrahim Harb
Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer
Jordan Telecom Group
Elaine Stafford
Vice President
David Ross Group
Emad Elmasry
Director, Corporate Strategy
Arabsat
Emmanuel Durou
Senior Engagement Manager
Value Partners
Eng. Antoine Michel Boustani
Advisor
Telecommunications Lebanon
Eng. Mohammed Al Ageel
Chief Executive Officer
Public Telecommunications Company (Bravo) in Saudi Arabia.
Erik Aas
President Director/CEO
Axis
Eyad Abukhorma
Group CEO
DAMAMax Jordan
Eyad Shihabi
Chief Executive Officer
Smartworld
Feroz Sanaulla
CEO
Intel Capital
Fintan J. Healy
Executive Director Regulatory Affairs
TRA UAE
Florian Michel Gabriel
ME Network Lead
Accenture
Francesco Caio
Vice Chairman
IBD Europe
Francis Hayom
Executive Director - Strategic Architecture
Telcordia
Gary O Neal
Chief Technology Advisor
SAMENA Telecommunications Council
Gert Rieder
CEO
Batelco Bahrain
Ghassan Hasbani
CEO
STC International
Ghazi Atallah
Managing Director
Nexgen
Gokce Bilyay
CEO
Verscom - Turkey
Graham Turner
Vice President Strategic Marketing
Nagra Vision
Gurkan Ozturk
Executive Vice President
Verscom
Gurol Kurt
Partner
Peppers and Rogers Group
H.E. Mohamed Naser Al Ghanim
Director General
Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA)
Haadi Raad
Principal
booz & Co
Hande Bayrak
International & NGO Relations Supervisor
Hans Ovesen
Vice President, Industry Relations and Marketing
Ericsson AB, Sweden
Hassan Kabbani
CEO
Mobinil
Hatem Bamatraf
Senior Vice President Network
Du
Hesham Khalipha
Director of Marketing
Arabsat
Hosam Sokkari
Head of Audience
Yahoo! Middle East
Houssam Halabi
Executive Director - 21CN Solution Integration & Program Manage
British Telecom
Hugh Collins
Consultan
PLUM Consultancy
Ignacio Ugalde
CEO Tyco Marine
TE SubCom (formerly Tyco Telecommunications)
Ihab Hinnawi
CEO
Umniah Mobile Company
Imad Y. Hoballah
Acting Chairman and CEO
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Lebanon
Imad Ayoub
CEO
Cyberia Group
Imad Tarabay
Chairman & CEO
Cedarcom
James Smith
Attorney
Davis Wright Tremaine
Jas Dhooper
VP Service Delivery
Huawei
Jawad Abassi
Founder & General Manager
Arab Advisor
Jawad Shaikh
Vice President & Head of Middle East Region
Capgemini Consulting
Jay Srage
Vice President Business Development
Qualcomm
Jean-Sebastian Grail
Principal
Booz & Co.
Jeremy Foster
Marketing Director, Marketing and Strategy
Ericsson Middle East
Jeremy Foster
Head of Marketing and Government/Industry Relations
Ericsson Region Middle east
Joe Haj Ali
Chief Marketing Officer
Oger Telecom
Jon Collins
Vice President
Telcordia
Karim Sabbagh
Vice President
Booz & Co.
Karim Taga
Managing Director
Arthur D. Little
Kevin J. Martin
co-chairman
Patton Boggs
Kevin Martin
Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
Khaled Abed Al Twergi
Director Technical Reg. Studies
STC
Khaled Hudhud
Director of Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs
Umniah
Khalid Omar Al Kaf
CEO
Mobily
Khalifa Al Shamsi
Senior Vice President Marketing
Etisalat
Khédija Hamouda Ghariani
Secretary-General
Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization
Khoja Karim
CEO
TDCA Roschan
Krishna Gopal
Corporate Head
Tech Mahindra
Lars O Gustafsson
Vice President Business Development
Omantel
Laszlo Horvath
President and Founder
Active Media
Lenka Glynn
Head
Pinsent & Masons
Marc Halbfinger
Chief Executive Officer
PCCW Global
Maria C. Mato
International Business Development Manager
Ecology and Environment, Inc
Mathias Liebe
Head of Product Marketing
Orga Systems GmbH
Matthew Glynn
Partner
DLA Piper
Mervette M. Al-Shihabi
Strategy & Business Planning Sr. Manager
Zain Jordan
Mikkel Vinter
CEO & Founder
Friendi - UAE
Mohamed Elmandjra
Chief Executive Officer
Meditel
Mohammed El-Nawawy
Vice President for Corporate Strategy
Telecom Egypt
Mohammed Omran
Chairman
Etisalat
Moheb Ramsis
Director, Business Development North Africa
Qualcomm
Mr. Samir M. Abdulhadi
President & Chief Executive Officer
Orbit Group
Ms Saleha Asif
Associate Principal
McKinsey
Mujdat Ayoguz
Director
Peppers and Rogers
Munif AL Mutairi
Director of Roaming & Interconnection Personal Service Unit
STC
Najeeb Al-Awadhi
CEO
VIVA
Napoleon L. Nazareno
CEO
Philippine Long Distance Telephone
Nasser Bin Obood
Acting Chief Executive Officer
Etisalat - UAE
Nasser Jabari
Director of Research and Consulting
Arab Advisors Group
Nayla Khawam
CEO
Orange – Jordan
Noel Kirkaldy
Director of Solutions Marketing
Motorola
Osama Ghoul
Managing Partner
Devoteam Middle East
Patrick Farajian
Chairman & CEO
Sodetel
Peter Kaliaropoulos
Group CEO
Batelco Group
Philippe Berard
Group Business Development Director
Wi-Tribe
Prof. (FH) Hartwig Tauber
Director General
FTTH Council Europe
Qusai Qaryouti
Business Development Manager
ESKADENIA Software
Riad Bahsoun
Vice Chairman and Member of Executive Committee
Telecommunication Information Technology
Romain Delavenne
Director Middle East
Capgemini Consulting
Saad Bin Ahmed Demyati
Vice President, Whole Sale & Careers
Saudi Telecom Company
Saleh Abdullah Al Abdooli
CEO
Etisalat Misr
Sam Barnett
Chief Operating Officer and General Manager
MBC Group
Samer Halawi
Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer
GADM
Samia M. Bahsoun
Liaison Officer
America Region
Santino Saguto
Managing Director
Value Partners
Saud Bin Majid Al Daweesh
Group CEO
STC
Serge Van Herck
CEO
Newtec Cy
Shahrokh Amiri
Managing Director
Intelsat
Shainoor Khoja
Managing Director
TDCA Roschan
Sohail Qadri
Vice President Wholesale
Omantel
Stefan McKenzie
Director UK Telecoms & MENA
Cordys
STEVE McCAFFERY
Vice President and General Manager
EMEA Home Business Motorola Inc
Steven Hall
CEO
CNBC Arabia
Stewart White
MESA Head of Telecommunications, KPMG Advisory
KMPG
Tarek Jundi
Managing Director & Partner
INTC
Thomas W. Wilson
CEO, Founder & Executive Managing Director
SAMENA Telecommunications Council
Thorleif Herrström
Principal Advisior
Herrstrom
Tolga Akar
Access Group Manager Department
Turk Telecom
Tom Koster
Managing Director
Sky Stream
Tony Huang
Director, CTO MENA Region
Huawei
Ulf Ewaldsson
Vice President and Head of Product Area Radio
Ericsson
Ulf Lofberg
MENAPAK Operations Manager WIG
Andrew
Waleed Khalid Al-Fudhaili
General Manager Network Planing
STC
Walid Irshaid
President & CEO
PTCL
Wassila Zitoune
VP Orange Jordan
Fixed and internet Business Unit
Wassim Chourbaji
Dırector Govt Affairs Europeand MENA
Qualcomm
Wilson Varghese
CEO
Kalimat – Kuwait
Yousef H Mugharbil
President of Rotana Digital Entertainment
ROTANA Media Group
Yousef Hamidaddin
CEO
Acxiom MENA
Yousuf A. Al Sayed
CEO
Thuraya Telecommunication
Yusuf Kırac
Group Manager Next Generation Systems
Turk Telekom
Ziad Matar
Head of the Middle East
Qualcomm