Capacity Middle East 2025 | Capacity Media - a techoraco brand | 12 February 2025 | Grand Hyatt Dubai Conference & Exhibition Centre, Grand Hyatt Dubai Conference & Exhibition Centre - Sheikh Rashid Rd - Umm Hurair 2 - Dubai - UAE

This event is the leading meeting place for the people shaping the MENA region’s digital infrastructure. 2,500+ professionals in the carrier, cloud, peering, hyperscale, content, voice, messaging, finance, edge, software, equipment, data centre, and satellite industries come to Capacity Middle East every year, from the Middle East and from the regions interacting with it.

This event combines the business outcomes of a networking platform, the learning opportunities of a conference, and the wow factor of a world-class trade show. At the previous year, 2,500+ people enjoyed three days of high-powered business discussions and building relationships - all in an atmosphere of relaxed, high-level networking.

2025 Speakers

Piush Agarwal
VP - Submarine Cable Partnership Development and Global Sourcing, Reliance Jio

Sohail Qadir
CEO, ZOI

Saher Abudaqar
Managing Sales Director, Middle East and North Africa, Intelsat

Sam Evans
Senior MD, FTI DELTA

Ayotunde Coker
CEO, OADC

Owen Bryant
Head of Global Infrastructure, Vodafone

Fouad Ibrahim
Senior Director Infrastructure Planning, Khazna

Nabil Baccouche
Group Chief Carrier & Wholesale Officer, E&

Anis Bennani
Director EMEA Network Acquisition, Microsoft

Obaid Rahman
Head of International Wholesale, du

Omar Al Zaabi
Senior Vice President of Products and Business Development, E&

Raphael Jouenne
Chief Strategy Officer, center3

Prenesh Padayachee
Chief Digital Officer, SEACOM

Mohammad Hossein Madadi
Managing Director, QBIC

Rohitash Bhaskar
Head of International Infrastructure, Batelco

Paul Brodsky
Senior Analyst, TELEGEOGRAPHY

Kamel Al-Tawil
Managing Director MENA, Equinix

Fuad Mohseni
Head of Infrastructure & Projects, Batelco

Mabs Khan
Chief Commercial Officer, center3

Amar Khan
Head of Network Site Investments, Meta

Dr. Angus Hay
Regional Executive for South Africa, Africa Data Centres

Ashish Ahuja
Founder & CEO, Sloka Partners, LLC

Naveen Rajagopalan
Chief Commercial Officer, Kalaam Telecom

Cengiz Oztelcan
CEO, GBI

Carl Roberts
Partner, HADAARA CONSULTING

Stephen Beard
Global Head of Data Centres, Knight Frank

Scott Roots
Sales Director EMEA, DC Byte

Mohannad Habaq
CTO, Aqaba Digital Hub

Charles Orsels des Sagets
Managing Partner, Cambridge Management Consultant

Ruth Welter
VP Strategic Alliances, COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Amjad Hafez
CEO, Nour Global

Kevin Vachon
Chief Operating Officer, MEF

Walid Wakim
CTO – Systems and Network Solutions, Infinera

Dame Dawn Childs
CEO, Pure Data Centre

Ada Ogbunude
TMT Lead MEPA, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Anthony Voscarides
CEO, wingu.africa

Chongguang Ma
General Manager of MEA Region, HMN Tech

Ali Makhlooq
Product Solutions & CM Manager, Batelco

Ivo Ivanov
CEO, DE-CIX

Pablo Mlikota
Senior Vice President, International Mobility Services, E& Group

Deshbandhu Bansal
COO of Messaging Solution, Comviva

Nicholas Nikrouyan
VP Voice & Mobile Solutions, Deutsche Telekom

Muhammad Jibran Mehmood
Head of Enterprise and Messaging Business, ACMETEL

Dzenan Teletovic
Regional Director, Operator Partnerships MENA, Infobip

Sham Careem
MEF Advisor, MOBILE ECOSYSTEM FORUM

Amajit Gupta
Group CEO and Managing Director, LIGHTSTORM

Joe Apa
VP of Sales EMEA, Rivada Space Networks (RSN)

Sujit Panda
COO, BDx Data Centers

Enrico Bagnasco
CEO, Sparkle

Veer Passi
Group CEO, Kalaam Carrier Solutions

Hisham Ibrahim
Chief Community Officer, RIPE NCC

Bill Davis
CIO, Pure Data Centre

Sonia Harjani
Director, Sona Business B.V.

Mohannad Makki
Carrier & Wholesale Marketing VP, STC

Gabriel Salvate
Head of Customer Solutions & Pre-Sales

Najib Khan
Group Chief Business Services Officer, Ooredoo Group

Mohammad Alhoshan
General Manager, Wholesale Mobility Services, STC

Nadine Hawkins
Editor, Capacity Media

Saf Malik
Senior Reporter, Capacity Media

Omar Alsaied
GM, Wholesale Business Development, Mobily

Paige Reeves
Product Manager, Datacloud - A Techoraco Brand

Rosalind Thomas
Managing Director/CEO, SAEx

Tamer Aboalam
Senior Director Messaging & Mobility, E&

Fayez Abu Awad
Policy Director, MENA, GSMA

Merima Ziko
Product Director, ZIRA

Eng. Amjad Arab
Chief Wholesale and Partnerships, Salam

Johan Nilerud
Chief Strategy Officer, Khazna

Roderick de Boer
Commercial Development Director, Equinix

Domenico Jannelli
Senior Director, Network Strategy EMEA, Akamai

Mehmet Tik
Edge Strategy Manager, Meta

Himmath Mohammed
Chief Information Officer, Gulf Data Hub

George Jaber
VP Wholesale & BD, Salam

Mohamed Bakry
Director of Solutions Engineering, Cisco

Sandeep Maru
Director Global Sales, Ooredoo Group

Mohammed AlAbbadi
Group Chief Carrier & Wholesale Officer, STC

Abdullah Alghonaimi
VP Wholesale Operations, Mobily

Philippe Millet
Founder and Chair, i3Forum

Nadir Patel
Director Carrier & Mobile Services, Zain Omantel International (ZOI)

Saif Bin Ghelaita
Director Technology Development Affairs, Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)

Ravinder Singh
Senior Director Wholesale Voice, Roaming & Messaging, du

Mai Barakat
Research Analyst, Datacenter Services & Infrastructure, S&P Global

Liss Boot-Handford
Product Director, Capacity Media

Laura Graves
Research Director, Capacity Media

Joe Labaky
COO, Group AMANA

Hussein AlNajrani
Sales VP, center3

Nick Lane
Chief Messaging Officer, Messagologist, Founder, Mobilesquared

Mohamed Abbas
Acting SVP International Data Business, E&

Tejas Sawant
Vice President - Strategic Partnerships, Globe Teleservices

Olga Gordeeva
Chief Revenue Officer, Playhop

Jad el Cham
Regional Manager, Public Policy (Technology Adoption and L&D), RIPE

Karim Benkirane
Chief Commercial Officer, du

Lauren Ryder
CEO, Leading Edge Global

Roque Lozano
Senior Vice President Network Infrastructure MEA, Nokia

Jawad Bentajar
Head of Wholesale IoT Roaming and e-SIM, E&

2025 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Bankai
• Batelco
• Salam
• Sparkle

GOLD SPONSORS:
• PCCW Global
• Supercell
• Telecomegypt
• TeleNova

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Oteglobe
• EDGNEX
• Aman
• E-Marine
• Businee
• China Mobile
• Larus
• GMs
• Ciena

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Alliance Networks
• Aqaba Digital Hub
• Beox
• Brilliant Telecom
• BTS
• China Telecom
• UniCom
• Commercis
• Comviva
• 30years De CIX
• Dialtel
• EXA Infrastructure
• GCX
• Go Mobit
• GBI
• Ibasis
• IDT Global
• Infinera
• Intelsat
• Linx
• Metalsoft
• Neutrality
• Nokia
• Wholesale
• Peace Cable
• Rivada
• Cisco Silicon21
• Silver Links
• StormWall
• Tata Comunications
• Telogo Communications
• VOX Solutions