Marwan’s expertise in leadership and strategy has been built over a 25-year career in the IT/Telecom-Industry. He has been working in many multinational companies in executive roles and developed proficiency in Team Leadership, Sales and General Management. Marwan has established companies in the IT/Telecom-business and managed them to grow profitable in a short period of time. Engineer, Marwan has proven track record in successfully leading Senior and Middle Managers in various corporations and in different international locations.

Professional background

Marwan has worked in several executive roles in Saudi Arabia and in the GCC, starting his career in 1993, as Assistant to the General Manager of ‘Oger’, an engineering company with branches in many countries including France, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon.
His management and strategy experiences developed considerably in 1994 when he joined a leading Telecom company, ‘Alcatel-Netico’. As Project Manager, Marwan managed a big Telecom project and had 150 employees and workers reporting to him, Marwan succeeded in managing the project in its technical and managerial requirements.
In 1996, Marwan joined ‘Tellabs International’, a multinational telecom manufacturing company with HQ in the US. Marwan handled its operations in Saudi Arabia as Country Manager and established the company in the marketplace. Furthermore, he employed pioneering international processes of account management by preparing project feasibility plans and strategic marketing plans.
In 2004, Marwan joined ‘BTC Networks’ as International Business Director. ‘BTC Networks’ is a big player in the regional telecom market with HQ in Saudi Arabia. Marwan established the companies, formulated processes, built the teams, launched marketing campaigns and developed rapidly profitable multimillion-dollar business.

Education and qualifications

Marwan holds a Masters Degree in Engineering Management, a BE in Computer and Communication Engineering and a MBA, all from the ‘American University of Beirut’ (AUB). Level 1 CFA, from the CFA Institute, Charlottesville, VA-USA. Marwan is PMP certified.

Personal

Marwan is Lebanese, living in United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for which he holds a residency permit. He conducts his workshops in Arabic and English.