Assaad Abousleiman
Assaad Abousleiman is currently Orascom Telecom's advisor for International affairs and is also responsible for driving and supporting some of Orascom Telecom's strategic projects. In this capacity he works closely with Mr. Emad Farid, Group Chief Operating Officier, and reports directly to Mr. Naguib Sawiris, Chairman and CEO of OTH
Before assuming this role Assaad was CEO of Libertis Telecom, an Orascom Telecom GSM subsidiary that was divested in December 2005. Assaad joined Orascom Telecom in 2001 as CTO of Libertis Telecom. Prior to Orascom Telecom, Assaad contributed to the launch of several GSM operations for Orange (France Telecom), Vodafone (Airtouch) and TIW, in Poland, Romania and Lebanon were he held several operational and top management positions, including Technology Development Director of MobiFon (Romania), Enhanced Services Manager of MobiFon (Romania), Roaming Manager of MobiFon (Romania), Marketing Manager for SIM cards of Polkomtel (Poland).
Assaad has experience in the telecommunications industry since 1992, where he conducted research for Northern Telecom (BNR Canada/INRS) on ATM networks, and extensive practice in the GSM field since 1994.
Assaad holds a Master of Engineering in Telecommunications as well as a Bachelor of Engineering and a Minor in Management all from McGill University, Montréal, Canada. Assaad has received NSERC postgraduate award from the Canadian Government as well as several awards from McGill University (T.R. McLagan Memorial Award, Erim Kumbaracibasi Award, Dean's honor list, Faculty scholar, etc.). Assaad has also taken executive courses in finance at INSEAD.
Assaad is a dual Canadian and Lebanese citizen, is trilingual in English, French and Arabic.
