NEWS
KSA
Orange Business Services appoints
country manager for Saudi Arabia
Orange Business Services has appointed
Mohammad Turki Al-Otaibi as country
manager, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad is a Saudi national with
more than 20 years of experience of
technology solutions for both enterprise
and government sectors.
He takes over the management role
from Laurent Marini who has moved to
another position in the Orange Group.
Al-Otaibi’s career spans more than a
decade of leadership roles, including vice
president for sales and solutions with
Ericsson Saudi Arabia, project manager
in the oil and gas sector at the Royal
Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, and
lead software engineer with the Saudi
Arabian Air Force. He holds an
MBA from the University of Hull in
the UK and a bachelor’s degree in
Information Computer Science from
the King Saud University, Riyadh.
“The appointment of Mohammad
Turki Al-Otaibi as country manager
will help us drive our business
forward to further develop
some of the unique business
opportunities that are coming
from the rapid economic growth
that is being driven by major
infrastructure projects and smart
city developments here,” said
Richard Van Wageningen, senior
vice president, indirect, Middle
East, Africa and Russia, Orange
Business Services.
Mohammad Turki Al-Otaibi, new
country manager for Saudi Arabia
Commvault expands in KSA
Commvault, a global leader in enterprise backup, recovery,
archive and the cloud, is to open a new office in Saudi Arabia.
The office will open in Riyadh, with the official opening to
follow in January or February 2018.
Christian Laing, Vice President Sales, EMEA, Commvault, said:
“First of all it’s a commitment to the region. We have a team
there and we have partners there so it’s a commitment to our
customers, partners and our own people.
“There is a growth opportunity now specifically in Saudi Arabia
and we are watching on a daily basis what is going on there,”
N. Bob Hammer, CEO, Chairman and President of
Commvault, is expected to attend the official launch.
When asked if anticipated reforms in Saudi Arabia could open
up new opportunities for business, Hammer said: “Yes – in
theory – but as we’ve been reading recently it’s also caused
some internal turmoil over there and that’s got to settle down
– that defocusses everyone for a while.
“We just want to work with our customers in these markets.
This (political upheaval) hasn’t deterred us because we are
expanding in Saudi Arabia with the number of Commvault
employees and customers.”
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