Faisal Raja

Chief Financial Officer - e& UAE

28.4 yrs experienceTelecommunications

Aug 2025Added yesterday

The move

MoveEtisalat → e& UAE

TitleVice President - Financial Controller UAE → Chief Financial Officer e& UAE

LocationUAE → United Arab Emirates

Cross-border moveYes · Uae → United Arab Emirates

Years in UAE20.0

Total experience28.4 years

e& UAE headcount10,001+ employees

e& UAE industryTelecommunications

e& UAE HQAbu Dhabi

e& UAE typePublic Company

Chief Financial Officer e& UAEAug 2025 — Present
e& UAE· Full-time
Senior Vice President - e& UAE FinanceAug 2022 — Aug 2025
e& UAE· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
Vice President - Financial Controller UAEAug 2021 — Aug 2022
Etisalat· UAE· Full-time
Senior Finance Director - Planning & Control UAENov 2020 — Jul 2021
Etisalat· UAE· Full-time
Chair of the Board of GovernorsNov 2018 — Present
The British School Al Khubairat· United Arab Emirates
Chair of Audit CommitteeMay 2014 — Nov 2018
EEtisalat Lanka (Private) Limited
Board MemberMay 2014 — Nov 2018
EEtisalat Lanka (Private) Limited
Finance Director - Financial Control & Planning Asia & AfricaJan 2013 — Oct 2020
Etisalat· UAE - Abu Dhabi· Full-time
Finance Director - BT Facilities ServicesAug 2012 — Dec 2012
BT· London, United Kingdom
Financial Controller – BT BusinessApr 2010 — Jul 2012
BT· London, United Kingdom
Senior Finance Manager – Calls & Lines, Business Broadband & ICTApr 2007 — Apr 2010
BT· London, United Kingdom
Finance Manager (Strategy, Convergence & Products)Nov 2005 — Apr 2007
BT· London, United Kingdom
Senior Customer Finance ManagerMar 2003 — Nov 2005
ICI Paints· Slough, United Kingdom
Group Reporting AccountantNov 2000 — Mar 2003
ICI Group· London, United Kingdom
Finance Graduate Development ProgrammeOct 1997 — Nov 2000
ICI Paints· Slough, United Kingdom

WILLOWFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
GCSE’s: Math’s (A) Science (AA) Geography (A) Business Studies (A) Accounting (A) Urdu (A) English (1987 — 1992
London School of Economics and Political Science
BSC Economics · Economics1994 — 1997
SIR GEORGE MONOUX COLLEGE
A-levels · GCE ‘A’ Levels : Economics (A) Law (A) Accounting (B)1992 — 1994

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