Skills & Expertise:

Ishtiaq Ahmed is a Business Admin executive from University of Karachi. Live in UAE since last 31 years

A creative and entrepreneurial commercial services professional with a career chronicled by well-earned success in the telecom industry with nearly 20 years of experience in association with Etisalat UAE & Group.

He has cross functional experience of work in UAE, KSA, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast & Togo.

His career is badged & recognized by the large-scale Commercial Product launches, product management, Go to Market, Overall Project Management ,Training , Consultancy on Strategy & New Operations.

His major strength is delivering the product & project from scratch to a cash cow status with full ownership of P&L and set KPIs in multicultural environment.

His recent achievements & tasks have been revolved around Mobile Financial Services, Digital Transformation, Digital Marketing, & 5G transformation

Career Path:

Started his career in 1989 with SIEMENS Mobile UAE as sales executive

Joined Etisalat UAE marketing in 1998, worked in commercial department on different positions till 2007.

In 2008 seconded to West African cluster of Etisalat Group in Nigeria, Ivory Coast, and Togo on different senior positions for the sales and marketing tasks.

In 2016 joined other operations of Etisalat known as “Etisalat Services Holdings” and worked as a head of Digital & Mobile Financial services till Aug 2018.

In 2018 Joined Globacom a Mobile Operator in Nigeria as Director Digital & MFS till Nov 2019.

At present Working as a consultant and trainer based in UAE

Useful Links:
• My LinkedIn Profile : https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishtiaqetisalat/
• Brief Interview on MFS & Digital Payments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgGHDmGTuCc&t=144s