Dean’s Lecture Series: Sheikh Hamad Abdulla Jassim Al-Thani
February 21 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Sheikh Hamad Abdulla Jassim Al-Thani, Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Qatar will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar as part of the Dean’s Lecture Series. His lecture “The role of telecommunications companies in human development” will take place at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar.
The Dean’s Lecture Series is the principal forum for eminent industry practitioners and government officials to bring their knowledge and perspectives to Carnegie Mellon, and to broaden students’ understanding of important issues.
About the speaker
Prior to joining Vodafone Qatar, Sheikh Hamad served in the Oil and Gas sector in various areas such as industrial network engineering and control system engineering. Sheikh Hamad Al-Thani joined Vodafone Qatar in 2013, and is currently Vodafone Qatar’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He is responsible for the overall creation, implementation, and integration of the long-range strategic, financial, commercial and operational direction of the company. In addition, Sheikh Hamad currently holds the position of Chairman at Meeza. Previously, he served as Vodafone Qatar’s Chief Operations Officer where he was responsible for the Company’s Customer Operations, Human Resources, Legal & Regulatory and External Affairs functions.