Huawei appoints new management in Middle East

Huawei has announced several recent appointments to its Middle East executive team as part of a wider global focus on rotation of senior leadership within the organisation. The transition includes the assignment of a new VP for Huawei Middle East as well as two country general managers—one for UAE and another for Kuwait.

The selections are in alignment with the Huawei’s wider Rotation CEO System established globally beginning in 2012. The moves include the designation of Pan En as VP of Solution Sales & Marketing for Huawei Middle East. Focusing on the group’s carrier business, Pan will be responsible for driving new technology portfolios in the Middle East and overseeing key customer relationships.

On the country level, Peng Xiongji has become the new GM of Huawei UAE. With an early background in engineering, he went on to support Huawei operations in Africa as well as Pakistan before heading to the UAE.

Huawei Kuwait has appointed Terry He as the GM of its country operations.

Last year Huawei’s revenue from the Middle East totalled nearly US$2.1 billion, an 18 per cent increase from the previous year, with the company now employing over 3,800 staff in the region — more than 64 per cent of them local hires.