GEC NEWS WIREMicrosoft appoints Sayed Hashish as the Regional General Manager for Microsoft Gulf. In his new role, Sayed will be overseeing the company’s operations across the Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the UAE, driving strategic planning and shaping growth initiatives to enable digital transformation across sectors in the region through developing youth capabilities, encouraging local innovation, furthering the Digital agenda and fostering a knowledge-based economy.
“Technology can transform education, nurture community innovation and create employment opportunities that fuel a sustained cycle of social and economic development,” he said. “Digital transformation, applied strategically, can engage customers and citizens, empower employees, optimise operations and transform products and services. With Gulf governments marching forward with bold economic visions, this is an exciting time for us to play an important role in progressing Microsoft’s commitment to fuel growth and bring prosperity in the region by transforming businesses, societies and economies.”
Sayed will continue to be based in Dubai and lead the Gulf region to drive Microsoft’s ambitions through forging new partnerships. He believes that all industry sectors in the Gulf can benefit from Microsoft’s holistic security platform and technologies such as cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, mobile enterprise apps and the Internet of Things. He is a strong advocate for digital transformation in education, as an enabler of self-sustaining economic growth and building generations with skills for the workforce.
