Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo

Managing director and CEO, Ooredoo 

Origin: Qatar

Residence: Qatar

Sector: Telecoms

Fakhroo’s Ooredoo Group reported full-year revenues of $6.2bn in 2022 and has a global customer base of more than 55 million customers as of December 31, 2022. 

The telecoms firm sold its Myanmar business for an enterprise value of $576m in September 2022 and is preparing to carve out its portfolio of 20,000 towers. Ooredoo offers customers mobile, fixed, broadband internet and corporate-managed services in over 10 countries across MENA and Southeast Asia.

Fakhroo was appointed managing director and CEO of Qatar-based telecoms major Ooredoo Group in November 2020, having served on the company’s board of directors since 2011.

He also serves on the boards of multinational hospitality companies Accor, Qatar Museums and Katara Hospitality. Previously, he was the co-head of mergers and acquisitions at Qatar Investment Authority and the former deputy undersecretary for Budget, Treasury and Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Finance.