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Paris, France Oct. 1, 2009 -– 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.”
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent is a trusted partner of service
providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to
deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in
fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications
and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific
expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the
communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent
is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent is incorporated in France, with executive
offices located in Paris.
Information Source: Alcatel-Lucent
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