Mohammed Al-Marshed has been appointed as the new Zain Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective November 24, 2024. Prior to this, he held the position of Zain Group Executive Director of Networks.
Al-Marshed has over two decades of experience in telecommunications and ICT, having joined Zain in 2002 as a networks engineer. Over his 22-year-journey, he has gained a wide range of expertise across networks, ICT, digital transformation, wholesale, data governance, and climate change.
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Career Highlights
Highlights of Al-Marshed’s career include his role as CTO Zain KSA in 2012; participating in building greenfield operations in Bahrain, Iraq, Ghana, KSA, and South Sudan; and playing a key role in the rollout of 5G networks in Kuwait, KSA, Bahrain, and Jordan, which made Zain the largest 5G network operator in the MENA region.
Working across environments, projects, and countries has honed Al-Marshed’s skills and experience in handling an array of projects, technologies, cultures, and people, all while being able to develop other peoples’ skills and boost their productivity
Al-Marshed graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering from California State University, Long Beach, attained a Master Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University, and an MBA in Telecom from ESI. He has also completed a course in Leadership as a Force of Change at Harvard Business School; an Advanced Leadership program at London Business School; a Coaching program at HEC & University of Oxford; an Executive Master’s degree in Consulting and Coaching for Change at HEC Paris; and a Decision-Making, Negotiation and Adaptive Leadership Strategies course at Harvard Kennedy School.
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