Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Thani Is Vodafone COO

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Published July 4th, 2017 - 08:04 GMT

Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani Vodafone Chief Operating Officer. (The Peninsula)

Vodafone Qatar announced the appointment of Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani (pictured) as the company’s Chief Operating Officer.

Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani joined Vodafone Qatar in 2013 as Senior Business Development Manager then in 2014 was made Head of Public Sector Sales and in 2016 took over the role of Sales Director looking after Enterprise Sales and Mega Projects. Under his leadership, Vodafone’s enterprise market share grew substantially as did the company’s position as an ICT and mega projects service provider.

“I am especially pleased to see a successful national who has proved his capability have a prosperous career in Vodafone,” said Ian Gray, CEO, Vodafone Qatar.

Before joining Vodafone, Sheikh Hamad held multiple roles in the oil & gas sector in the fields of industrial network/cyber, automation and control system engineering. He holds a Bachelor degree in Computer Science from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Source: The Peninsula

Background Information

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In1998, Vodafone Egypt (Ex Misrfone Telecommunication Company/Click GSM) entered the Egyptian telecom market as the second operator; a consortium between Vodafone international, Air Touch, and local/ international partners. In 1999, Vodafone Group acquired Air Touch share and in 2002, it acquired International Partner VIVENDI France share. In January 2002, Click GSM was rebranded to Vodafone Egypt. Since 2007, Vodafone Egypt’s shareholders structure consisted of Vodafone Group with 54.93% ; Telecom Egypt with 44.94% and a minority free float of 0.13%.