#New appointment
Executive vice chairman Joseph Tsai will rise to chairman while e-commerce executive Eddie Yong will replace Daniel Zhang as chief executive officer
The two resolutions are effective from their date of issuance
Wassim Al-Khatib will also be the CEO of Lazard Saudi Arabia
Most recently he served as the regional managing director for the Gulf and held several leadership roles at Cisco Systems
She joins Kyndryl from Microsoft, where she served as business group leader for the Microsoft Surface business unit in the Middle East and Africa
Rishi Kishor Gupta will be responsible for driving growth and spearheading business development and operations for the company
Hadley will assume day-to-day leadership of the group in early 2023
Pia El Hachem will be leading Uber’s strategy, operations, policy and business development, while overseeing the company’s end-to-end business
These strategic hires come as the company prepares to launch its customer excellence centre in Dubai in Q1 of 2023
The board approved the 54-year-old’s ascension to the helm of the $250bn company on Thursday
El Khatib will oversee the MContent blockchain platform as well as all Web3, NFTs and crypto divisions
The company’s expansion comes following a recently announced $70m growth funding round led by Activate Capital
Hashish will help shape Cisco’s strategic CX direction, with a strong focus on leveraging technology to support digitisation, innovation and social inclusion
Almusa joined Oracle in April 2021 as cloud applications director, following which she was given the additional responsibility of leading the brand’s public sector business in the kingdom
Nejjari brings over two decades of diverse experience in ICT and executive leadership to the role, including more than 15 years with Cisco
Mohammad Ismail joins from Shifra bringing with him deep knowledge of the company’s privileged access management portfolio
Hiemstra has been with Uber since September 2015 and has taken on various roles over the years
El Kordy joins from IBM Middle East and Africa where he held several sales and leadership positions across systems and big data and analytics
Drew Goldman’s appointment is effective October 3
Yates will oversee the company’s new phase of expansion with an increased focus on sustainability, cybersecurity, next-generation cloud and applications
Matt Hicks takes over as the software unit’s chief executive officer and president from Paul Cormier, who will serve as chairman
Yazbeck is the successor to Sayed Hashish, who served in the role since 2016
Beck was based at the Kyndryl’s New York headquarters and was in charge of strategic initiatives related to the company’s development
Quigley has held leadership positions at EMC, Nuance, Acoustic, and PTC
Bringing over 25 years of experience in the technology industry, Murphy joins from Apple in France
Alrehaili brings over 15 years of experience working in the technology industry in both the public and private sectors
With 16 years of expertise, Almadi joins from Dell Technologies where he was country enterprise director for telecom, cloud and financial services’ industries
Unni brings a total of over 23 years of experience spanning across the IT sector with strong commercial business capabilities
Dr Alzarouni is known for his work as the CEO of Dubai Blockchain Center and serves as the managing partner at innovation consultancy Accelliance
Taher comes to Okadoc with over 15 years of experience in the industry