Marwan Hayek
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Marwan Hayek in 2012
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| Born |
7 September 1969 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Residence | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Education |
Telecommunications Electrical Engineering Management Finance |
| Alma mater | Faculté polytechnique de Mons |
| Occupation | Chairman and CEO of Alfa Telecom |
| Known for | Orascom Telecom Alfa Telecom |
Marwan Hayek is the Chief Executive Officer of Alfa Telecom in Lebanon.
Born 7 September 1969, Hayek is a telecoms executive and digital economy specialist who was part of the team that built the first GSM network in Lebanon. Marwan has over 18 years experience in the telecom sector across the MENA region.
Hayek holds a master's degree in Telecommunications and Electrical Engineering from the Faculte Polytechnique de Mons in Belgium. He attended and participated in several technical, IT and Management trainings including CCL, MEIRC, HEC, INSEAD, MIT & Harvard.
Hayek started his career with France Telecom in Lebanon – Cellis, known currently as Alfa, where he was part of the initial team that built the first GSM network in Lebanon, before joining later on the Orascom Telecom Holding in 1999. Hayek has held several assignments within the Orascom Telecom Group’s subsidiaries and its Holding, the latest before his current appointment was in September 2007, where he joined Mobinil - Egypt as VP Technology in charge of both network and IT infrastructure.
Prior to Mobinil, Hayek was the CTO of Mobilink in Pakistan (an OTH subsidiary) between June 2003 and September 2007. Between 2000 and 2002, Hayek was part of the team who built Sabafon’s network in Yemen in the position of CTO. Under Hayek, OTH grew to over 120M subscribers.
Hayek took the helm of Alfa, the first Lebanese mobile operator managed by Orascom Telecom, as its Chairman and CEO, since the beginning of March 2010. He led the introduction of the 3G+ technology that was first launched in October 2011 as well as the introduction of 4G-LTE technology in May 2013. The Lebanese internet cable networks do not currently support fibre optics and the introduction of 3G+ followed by 4G-LTE gave access to the Lebanese people to high-speed internet.
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