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Ahmed Hamzawy

Chief Partnership Officer - UAE at Microsoft
27.5 yrs experienceComputer Software
Jun 2024

The move

MoveAlcatel-Lucent Enterprise → Microsoft
TitleVice President MEA → Chief Partnership Officer - UAE
LocationDubai → Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE13.8
Total experience27.5 years
Microsoft headcount10,001+ employees
Microsoft industrySoftware Development
Microsoft HQRedmond, Washington
Microsoft typePublic Company

Career arc

  1. Chief Partnership Officer - UAEJun 2024 — Present
    Microsoft· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  2. Vice President MEAOct 2023 — Apr 2024
    Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  3. Director of Partners Africa Regional ClusterDec 2022 — Oct 2023
    Microsoft· Full-time
  4. CEO International & Incubated BusinessApr 2022 — Nov 2022
    Benya· Full-time
  5. SVP Business Development - New Business & InnovationDec 2020 — Apr 2022
    du· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  6. Vice President - Enterprise ICTJul 2019 — Dec 2020
    du· United Arab Emirates
  7. General Manager, Head of Sales and Business DevelopmentApr 2014 — Jul 2019
    BT Global Services· MENA & East Mediterranean
  8. Head of Sales & Business Development - MENAApr 2012 — Mar 2014
    BT Global Services· Dubai, UAE
  9. Head of Sales & Marketing MENA and Turkey / GM UAE / Board Director EgyptJan 2006 — Sep 2012
    Orange Business Services· UAE
  10. Head of Sales & Marketing MENA / GM UAE / Board Director EgyptFeb 2003 — Dec 2005
    Orange Business Services
  11. Country Manager, Markets & SalesJan 2002 — Jan 2003
    Equant (FT Group)· Egypt
  12. Deputy Country Manager, Markets & SalesJan 2001 — Dec 2001
    Global One (FT Group)· Egypt
  13. Sales & Marketing ManagerJul 2000 — Dec 2000
    Global One· Egypt
  14. Account ManagerFeb 1998 — Jun 2000
    Global One· Egypt

Education

Top skills

Business PlanningChange ManagementLeadershipOutsourcingProduct ManagementCross-functional Team Leadership

About

Ahmed is currently leading the partners organization for Microsoft in UAE through a complete transformational journey, aiming to accelerate its growth ambition and unlock more potential. Accelerating partners' growth plans, increasing Microsoft's relevance to key industries, and aligning the ecosystem to the immense AI transformation opportunities across the country are the key pillars achieving such an ambition. Together with Microsoft partners, he aspires to have an impactful contribution in positioning UAE as the AI hub for the region. Most recently, Ahmed was the VP of Business Development at du since mid-2019. For 3 years, Ahmed played a strategic role in positioning du as a digital transformation leader in key industries in the UAE, and led du’s digital business to be the fastest

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