Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Eng. Nasser Bin Sulaiman Al Nasser

Group CEO
STC
Vice-Chairman

Mr. Ihab Hinnawi

Group CEO
Batelco

Mr. Marwan Hayek

Chairman and CEO
Alfa

Mr. Osman Sultan

CEO, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du)

Dr. Kamal Shehadi

Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer, Etisalat International

Sheikh Talal Said Marhoon Al Mamari

CEO
Oman Telecommunications Company

Eng. Atef Helmy

Senior Advisor to Board
Orange, MEA

Mr. Sami Yousif Mohamed

CEO
Sudatel

Eng. Mazyad Bin Nasser Al-Harbi

CEO
VIVA Telecom - Kuwait

Mr. Scott Gegenheimer

Group CEO - Operations
Zain - Kuwait

Mr. Adel Hamed

CEO & Managing Director
Telecom Egypt

Mr. Bocar A. BA

CEO
SAMENA Telecommunications Council

Background

SAMENA Telecommunications Council’s Board of Directors is a body of elected and appointed chief executives or organizational heads of telecommunications companies that are officially part of SAMENA’s membership. The Board currently has seven founding permanent members, made up of CEO personnel from networks operating in the South Asia – Middle East – North Africa (SAMENA) region, four rotating operator CEO’s and CEO of SAMENA Telecommunications Council.

The institution of the SAMENA Board of Directors is governed by the SAMENA Telecommunications Council Charter of Bylaws, effective as of April 4, 2007.

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