Egyptian incumbent Telecom Egypt has announced several new appointments, as part of its efforts to focus on customers and new technologies.
Mohamed Elnawawy, has been promoted to SVP and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). Before his appointment to the CSO…
Egyptian incumbent Telecom Egypt has announced several new appointments, as part of its efforts to focus on customers and new technologies.
Mohamed Elnawawy, has been promoted to SVP and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). Before his appointment to the CSO role in 2009, Elnawawy was VP for International, Wholesale and Regulatory Affairs for three years. He originally joined TE Data as Chairman and Managing Director in 2001. In addition, Mohamed will continue to lead TE’s International Customers and Networks business unit that includes TE’s submarine cables assets.
Emad Elazhary is promoted to SVP and Group Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) with
responsibility over TE Group’s retail offering and customer experience. Elazhary has been with TE since August 2008, with responsibility over TE’s Telephony business unit and oversight over TE Data, which he joined in 2001 as Managing Director.
Mohamed Abdel Rehim has been promoted to SVP and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) responsible for overseeing all network technology related functions across the TE Group including planning, implementation and operations and maintenance. He has worked for TE in technical and managerial roles for nearly 35 years, most recently as VP for Operations & Maintenance, a role he was appointed to in 2001.
They will all report directly to Telecom Egypt CEO Tarek Tantawy.
According to Tantawy, the organizational changes we report today reflect our belief in the growth potential the Egyptian market still has to offer for broadband and triple play services. We also believe that at this stage of market development, greater coordination and alignment across the TE Group of companies will become more important than ever on both the commercial and technology fronts”.
