Dr.Dani Abu Ghaida
Chief Executive Officer | Digital and Technology Leader
The move
MoveHarvard Business Review → AXIAN Telecom
TitleMember of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council. → Chief Executive Officer - IT Co.
LocationDubai → Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE4.0
Total experience14.7 years
AXIAN Telecom headcount1,001-5,000 employees
AXIAN Telecom industryTelecommunications
AXIAN Telecom HQPort Louis, Ebene
AXIAN Telecom typeSelf-Employed
Career arc
- Chief Executive Officer - IT Co.May 2025 — Present
AXIAN Telecom· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council.Aug 2024 — Present
Harvard Business Review· Seasonal - Chief Digital Officer - MEAMay 2021 — Apr 2025
Crayon· Middle East and Africa· Full-time - Founding PartnerJan 2021 — Present
Reaction· Global Venture Capital | Sourcing innovations anywhere, scaling them everywhere
- Chief Information OfficerOct 2019 — May 2021
MTN· Middle East· Full-time - Advisor - Middle East RegionApr 2019 — Sep 2025
Mach49
- Founder and General PartnerOct 2018 — Dec 2020
Sunrays Partners / Ventures· San Francisco Bay Area
- Group CIO / Global Head of IT & DigitalOct 2015 — Sep 2018
Dar Group· United Arab Emirates
- Founder and PresidentAug 2014 — Jul 2017
WhyApp Company Limited
- CIO/Head of Group PMOAug 2011 — Sep 2015MTN
Education
- Grenoble Ecole de ManagementPresent
- Saïd Business School, University of OxfordPresent
- Lebanese American UniversityPresent
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of ManagementPresent
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessPresent