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Habiba is an editorial intern at Forbes Middle East, where she primarily covers entertainment. She is a performer, singer, ...
David Meads joined Cisco in 1996 and assumed his current role in 2024. Cisco opened a local cloud data center in the U.A.E. in May 2024. In January 2025, Telecom Egypt, in collaboration with Cisco, ...
Rola Abu Manneh joined Standard Chartered in August 2018 and assumed her current role in April 2024. In 2024, Standard Chartered led the financing of Abu Dhabi’s first waste-to-energy plant, developed ...
Fares Akkad assumed his current position at Meta in 2022, having joined the company in 2017. In February 2025, Meta officially launched Meta AI in MENA with full availability in the U.A.E., Saudi ...
Elie Chaillot has been leading GE HealthCare’s new international region since January 2024, which consists of all markets in the MEA, Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, excluding China. In ...
Koleilat assumed his current position in 2024, having first joined GE in 2006. In February 2025, GE Aerospace announced a $10 million investment in its two maintenance, repair, and overhaul facilities ...
The last few months have been tough for listed businesses in the Middle East, with many experiencing a sharp drop in market value due to the coronavirus effect on stock markets worldwide. However, by ...
Abdallah oversees Vodafone’s markets in Egypt, Mozambique, Tanzania, Lesotho, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Vodafone Egypt employed 7,112 people and had 51.5 million customers in 2024. In ...
Yasser Abdul Malak joined Nestlè Middle East in 1999 before assuming his current position in January 2022. In September 2024, Nestlé signed an agreement with the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities ...
In June 2022, Kami Viswanathan moved into her current position at FedEx, where she has worked since 2021. In October 2024, FedEx entered into a service agreement with Abu Dhabi Customs focused on ...
Andrew Torre started at Visa as a product manager in April 2002 and has been the regional president for Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa since December 2017. In June 2025, he ...