Emad El-Azhary

ٍStrategy & Business Develoment Director.

Emad El Azhary is the Strategy &Business Development Director in Vodafone Egypt and he previously held the position of Chief Marketing Officer at VodafoneVodafone Egypt who leads brand, communication, consumer marketing, customer intelligence & Internet and content.

He enjoys a vast experience in the field of communications and marketing that extends over twenty years, with major accomplishments in both Egyptian and international companies.

Before joining Vodafone in February 2012, El Azhary served as Senior Vice President for Commercial Affairs at Telecom Egypt, since August 2008. He joined the team of Telecom Egypt in 2001, where he became the Vice President and Managing Director of TE Data - a company specialized in providing Internet services and data communication. El Azhary has extended the portfolio of TE Data to reach Jordan, Gulf countries, and Palestine.

In 2005, he served as the CEO of the second fixed operator in Algeria, in a joint venture with Orascom Telecom. Before joining Telecom Egypt Al Azhary was a consultant for Telecom Egypt and the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA).

In 1992, he co-founded “In Touch”, the first specialized Internet services provider in Egypt. His efforts, together with his partners’ led the company to become one of the leading companies in the field of Internet services in Egypt. From 1990 to 1994, he worked as an engineer at IBM.
Emad Al Azhary graduated from the American University in Cairo in 1989, majoring in computer