Alcatel-Lucent announces today that Amr El Leithy is joining the MEA management team and will be appointed MEA President on January 1, 2010, succeeding Vincenzo Nesci.
After this date, Vincenzo will be appointed as Honorary President of MEA, based in Cairo, in order to assist Amr in the transition.
Amr brings extensive experience at IBM in the Middle-East, Africa and Europe. During his career with IBM, Amr has held leading sales and management responsibilities, in his role as the IBM Sales, Marketing, & Channels Executive for MEA and also as the Regional General Manager for IBM North & West Africa. Beyond this, Amr has wide international experience also outside the Middle East, having held long assignments in IBM headquarters in Paris, where he held leading positions in the IBM Emerging Market region and also for IBM South & West Europe.
“I am very pleased to welcome Amr in the EMEA Leadership team and strongly believe he will contribute to Alcatel-Lucent’s success and transformation,” Said Adolfo Hernandez, President of Alcatel-Lucent EMEA. “I would also like to thank Vincenzo for his fruitful contribution and many successes in the development of Alcatel-Lucent in MEA.”
