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3M APPOINTS ANDREI
HOLBAN AS REGIONAL
MANAGING DIRECTOR
FOR THE MIDDLE EAST
AND AFRICA REGION
3
M, a science-based company that inspires creative
collaboration, announced today
the appointment of Andrei Holban as the new Regional Managing Director for the Middle
East and Africa region. In his
role, Andrei succeeds Ippocratis Vrohidis who has relocated to
St. Paul as the new Vice-President for Global Service Centers.
Commenting on the new appointment, Bernard Cicut, Area
Vice-President for Central and
Eastern Europe, Middle East
and Africa Region at 3M, said:
“Andrei has been a 3M veteran
for over two decades, and is
equipped with the right experience and the commitment to the
growth of the company. Hosting
a blend of strategic and leadership skills, Andrei has proven
time and time again that he is a
highly skilled leader who, as the
MD of 3M Turkey over the past
four years, has successfully
led the country through strong
growth despite significant economic and political instability.
We are very excited to have Andrei in this new position, and I
am sure that he will help lead the
company towards further growth
in this highly promising region.”
SKY TELECOM’S
GROWING MENA
PRESENCE ALLOWS
THE REGION’S
CONSUMERS TO
EMBRACE THE MOBILE
DIGITAL AGE
cluding MD for multiple countries in East Europe. In 2011,
Andrei went on to become the
Managing Director for 3M Turkey. He succeeds Ippocratis
Vrohidis, who served as VicePresident for the MEA region,
and will be located in Dubai.
“Andrei’s strong background
across many different businesses,
geographies
and
functions within 3M, places
him on the ideal platform with
which to lead the company’s
operations in the MEA region. I look forward to working with him closely in the time
to come,” continued Bernard.
The new appointment comes
in line with 3M’s strategy of
developing world-class leadership and expanding operations and business presence
Andrei has been with 3M since across various international
and
geographies.
1992, Andrei proved his leader- markets
ship capabilities as he steadily
grew through the company in
many leadership positions, in-
Groundbreaking partnership with e-finance at the
Mobile World Congress
2016 in Barcelona to create
Egypt’s largest digital platform for e-commerce and
e-government services
S
ky Telecom, the Dubaibased digital platform for
ICT service providers and the
consumer technology industry,
has reached another important
milestone in its MENA expansion
plans following a series of new
partnerships at the 2016 Mobile
World Congress in Barcelona.
The company, which was
launched in Dubai in 2014,
aims to be the most complete
and comprehensive digital platform in the region for ICT service providers and the consumer
technology industry, allowing
them to deliver value-based
outcomes and capitalise on new
revenue opportunities. In the
UAE, Sky Telecom is partnered
with mobile communications
and technology providers as an
enabling service for end-users.
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