Manama, Bahrain — SAP has appointed Saquib Ahmad as Managing Director for its Bahrain, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan operations. With with reference to 25 years’ enjoy within the regional IT and Telecommunications business, Ahmad will center of attention on supporting the virtual transformation and AI features of businesses within the Kingdom.
“The countries that Saquib Ahmad will cover represent an important growth market for SAP, particularly in digital transformation, and we expect to see them benefit from the enormous potential of Business AI,” stated Ahmed AlFaifi, Senior Vice President of SAP Center East and Africa – North, to whom Ahmad will record immediately. “I am confident that with his in-depth knowledge of the region, strong IT background and proven leadership skills, Saquib is the ideal person to guide public and private sector adoption of new technologies in a way that will deliver the quickest and most valuable benefits.”
Right away previous to his promotion, Ahmad have been Managing Director for SAP Pakistan, a place he held since 2017. Right through this time, he considerably expanded SAP’s footprint in Pakistan, exceeding enlargement goals and hiring native ability to allow the virtual transformation of consumers in each the private and non-private sectors. Previous to becoming a member of SAP, Ahmad held senior positions in Pakistan and the Center East at a number of huge era firms, together with Siemens, Nokia, Comptel and Oracle.
Commenting on his appointment, Ahmad stated, “I’m taking a look ahead to increasing my remit and to develop SAP’s footprint in Bahrain, Iraq and Afghanistan, serving to enterprises right here to digitally become and future-proof their operations. My center of attention will come with extending our spouse ecosystem and serving to to equip younger other folks with the talents wanted in a virtual economic system. The position is an overly rewarding one because it manner I will be immediately all in favour of ensuring this a part of the sector is at the leading edge of era tendencies and to strengthen SAP’s objective of constructing companies run higher and making improvements to other folks’s lives.’
Ahmad holds a Grasp’s in Trade Management and a Bachelor of Engineering in Telecommunication and Electronics from the College of Engineering and Era in Lahore, and gained the Aizza-e-Sabqat Presidential Award for Educational Excellence from the President of Pakistan. He has additionally finished the LEAP Program of Trade Management & Control from INSEAD, France
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