- Fadi Pharaon is appointed Senior Vice President, and Head of
Market Area Middle East & Africa, effective September 1, 2019
- Member of Ericsson's Executive Team, reporting to CEO
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Effective
September 1, 2019, Fadi Pharaon is
appointed Senior Vice President and Head of Market Area Middle East
& Africa at Ericsson (NASDAQ:
ERIC), and member of Ericsson's Executive Team, reporting to the
CEO. Fadi Pharaon currently holds the position as Vice President,
Networks & Managed Services within Ericsson's Market Area
Europe & Latin America.
Börje Ekholm, President and CEO of Ericsson, says: "With the
introduction of 5G we are at an exciting time in the industry. Our
customer relationships are key to build a strong company position
in the market for this next phase of industry development. Fadi has
the right background, experience and capabilities to lead this work
in this Market Area and I am very pleased to see him stepping up to
this role."
Fadi Pharaon says: "The mobile industry is transforming
countries and industries and with 5G becoming a reality, we will
see new business opportunities and innovations across our markets.
I really look forward to taking on this exciting new role in Market
Area Middle East & Africa and
work together with both the team in the Market Area as well as the
Executive Team. Our abilities to work closely with our customers in
our market areas are key to leveraging our technology leadership in
5G."
Fadi Pharaon has a MSc degree in Computer Science from the Royal
Institute of Technology in Stockholm,
Sweden, as well as an MBA from Heriot
Watt University, Edinburgh Business School, Scotland. With more than 21 years of
experience at Ericsson Fadi Pharaon has had several management
positions with sales responsibilities in markets across
Asia, Europe, Middle
East, and Latin
America.
As a member of Ericsson's Executive Leadership Team Fadi Pharaon
succeeds Rafiah Ibrahim as of
September 1, 2019. As announced
March 12, 2019, Rafiah Ibrahim will leave her position as Senior
Vice President and Head of Market Area Middle East &
Africa effective August 31, 2019 and will take on a role as
advisor to CEO Börje Ekholm.
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