The Internet Show Middle East - Speaker list

Patrick is a French/Lebanese leading social media strategist and thought leader, CEO of 90:10 Group Middle East. He is regularly invited to speak on the impact of social (media) technologies on businesses, brands and hence decision-making. He is at heart a ‘digital’ entrepreneur with 20+ years experience in media, marketing and organizational...

Bruce joined Facebook in October 2011 as Head of Mid Market Sales for Central/Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In this role, Bruce helps oversee Facebook’s expanding advertising efforts with an emphasis on emerging brands, mid size ad agencies and large direct response advertisers. Prior to Facebook, Bruce spent ten years in the sports ...

Dr Hassan Dawood - Deputy Chief Executive Officer / Alsayegh Media UAE Dr Hassan Dawood started his carrier a pediatrician and then moved to strategic healthcare management to researching and consulting on the impact of the mobile revolution and social media on health care. Dr Dawood has written several research papers on how social media...

Rajiv Dingra, Founder and CEO of WATConsult (Owned & Promoted by WATMedia Pvt Ltd) runs India’s leading social media agency, WATConsult which was founded in January 2007. A thought leader in the social media space, Rajiv has worked with 50+ clients across US, UK & India. At a young age of 26, he has consulted and built several successful social...

With a background in business computing, Mohamed Elzubeir is the CEO and founder of Mediastow, one of the fastest growing media intelligence agencies in the Middle East and North Africa region. Mohamed is credited to have brought best international practices in media analysis, evaluation and measurement to the region. He is driven by the belief...

Martin is a successful entrepreneur with deep experience in the internet and telecom industries. Before joining Wikitude, Martin successfully built-up and sold fatfoogoo, a leading game payment company, to Digital River Inc. (DRIV). Previous to founding fatfoogoo in 2006, Martin gained broad experience as Product Management and Marketing Director ...

In October 2011, Sohrab became the Head of Sales and Operations of LivingSocial Middle East following the acquisition of his company GoNabit - the first group buying website in the Middle East. Sohrab co-founded GoNabit in June 2010 and served as Chief Operations Officer until October 2011. As Head of Sales and Operations, Sohrab is responsible...

Ali Jassim is an young E-Marketing Manager with recent success in social media marketing, website development and the implementation of tracking and reporting systems with various experiences in an array of digital marketing activities. His short career covers Public Relations, Sales and online marketing, working for companies such as Hewlett...

Omar Kassim is the Founder of JadoPado. JadoPado is an instant gratification e-commerce platform for the Middle East. We sell only what we have available in inventory and deliver direct to consumers in very short timeframes using our own fleet of vans. We're building an online-offline hybrid business that is essentially beautiful UI, a great...

Paul Kenny is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cobone.com, a company he founded in late 2010 and is now one of the leading E-Commerce websites in the Middle East. To date, Paul has grown the company to operate in 5 countries, 8 regional offices and over 100 staff, all while positioning the company as the model of how E-Commerce companies ...

Najam is the Executive Chairman at DDB Gulf, Levant and Pakistan. He started his career in advertising in United Kingdom and founded Promoaction Advertising in 1988. In 1992 he collaborated with DDB to launch the network in the Middle East. Now based in the UAE, he also chairs Rapp and other group subsidiaries. He is also a member of the board at...

Nour Khrais, Founder and General Manager of Maysalward and Chairman of Jordan Gaming Task Force with over than 11 years of international experience in the Online and Mobile Value Added Services. Prior to forming Maysalward, he worked in a multicultural environment between VAS companies in Jordan,Dubai,Egypt,Qatar and France. Nov 2003 under a...

General Background: Katrina Klier has been with Microsoft for nearly six years with progressive marketing experience from the US Sub in the Client BMO and Partner Team to the WW OEM team in the Channel Marketing Organization. During her time at Microsoft, Katrina built launch readiness frameworks for the US Sub and OEM, built some of the to...

Martin Kubler is an innovative, resourceful and enthusiastic international hospitality professional with executive management experience in three, four and five star properties. He has held senior management roles in internationally flagged as well as independently owned and operated hotels in Europe and the Middle East and has worked for...

Laurent Le Moal is vice president and general manager of PayPal in the CEMEA region. Laurent is a graduate from HEC in Paris and received an MBA from London Business School. He began his career as consultant at McKinsey before creating and managing Talent Manager a London based HR Services company. Laurent joined PayPal in 2004 as head of business ...

Janne Lehtosalo is heading up digital marketing at the Nokia Middle East and Africa Sales Unit in Dubai. At Nokia Janne is accountable for owned, bought and earned digital domains and marketing to help drive Nokia sales and consumer retention. Previously he has been involved in digital creative, consumer experience and journey optimization...

John McGrann is a UK national and his home was Cyprus for 10 years. He has lived in the UAE since April, 2010 and is married to Genny. John has used his 20+ years IT and Oracle ERP management experience, chartered management accountancy training, social media certification and undoubted people development skills to implement and drive business and ...

Harri (b. 1974) is a "brutal serial entrepreneur and executive". After 15 years of different leadership positions in global startup and growth companies in the mobile telecom industry, Star Arcade is a logical continuation in Harri's career. Star Arcade aims high and wants to leave a mark in the history, and Harri has a vast experience in creating ...

AYO OYEDEPO is an astute Business Development/Process & Business Excellence Advisor. He is an internationally Certified Quality Management System (ISO QMS) Lead Auditor and Europe trained/certified Customer Experience Management Practioner/Consultant by the Global Customer Experience Management Organisation (G-CEM). A graduate of a decade and a...

EDUCATION 2007 : Master in communication and lobbying - ISCOM Paris 2003 : Baccalauréat section Littéraire - Lycée Michelet Equivalence to an A level, specialized in literature. 2003 : Bafa (Brevet d'aptitudes aux fonctions d'animateur) Diploma of children management in summer camps PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2009 : CEO and...

Andreas Rasmussen is the founder and CEO of Nodes, which originates from Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded by two friends which breaths social media and have an profesional, and not evangelistic approach to the subject, Nodes have grown to one of Europe's biggest social-media-only companies, with +50 employees. Offices in Copenhagen, Hamburg and Oslo - ...

Sheriff Rizwan is the CEO and founder of ALSHOP.COM Mr. Rizwan brings experience in both retail network and leadership to his work.  A former Central Buyer at the EMKE Group (LuLu Hypermarket - a know retail chain in the gulf region) and an alumnus of a global youth leadership organisation – AIESEC. Prior to leading the ALSHOP.COM...

Osama Romoh is the Digital Marketing Lead for Dubizzle.com, the Middle East and North Africa’s leading online classifieds website. Since 2005, Dubizzle has been a one-stop-shop for people to buy, sell or find anything online in their own community. Osama’s responsibilities include overseeing all social media marketing and online advertising across ...

Lars Silberbauer holds the position of Head of Social Media at the LEGO Group and is responsible for all driving the strategic development and implementation of all major social media initiatives for the LEGO brand. He comes from a background in digital and broadcast media from his previous position as Social Media Manager at the Danish Broadcast...

Meredith leads OMG’s specialist social media division, developing social media solutions designed to put brands in close contact with their target audiences. Meredith brings 360-degree experience in marketing communications, which she has gained over the past 11 years, in the APAC and MENA regions, with additional exposure to markets in...