Mr. Khalifa Hassan Al Forah Al Shamsi is currently holding the position of Group Chief Corporate Strategy and Governance officer of Etisalat Group. Prior to that, he was the Etisalat Group’s Chief Digital Services Officer tasked with managing the newly established Etisalat Digital Services Unit at a Group level.
With over 24 years of experience in the Telecom, Media and ICT industry, previously Mr. AlShamsi has successfully led many functions within Etisalat including Mobile Networks, Marketing, Sales and Digital Solutions.
Mr. Alshamsi was behind the success story of Etisalat UAE where he was responsible for leading the deployment of mobile services, fiber-based broadband and advanced data/ICT services.
Khalifa is also the Managing Director of Etihad Etisalat “Mobily” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a Member of the Board of Directors at PTCL/Ufone in Pakistan, Etisalat Afghanistan and Chairman of E-vision – the UAE-based TV, content and multimedia company.