NetApp announced today that Fadi Kanafani has been appointed as the new Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan. A skilled sales leader with 20 years of IT experience, Kanafani will be responsible for driving the NetApp business across these rapidly growing markets. His role covers development and execution of sales and marketing strategies, enhancing the channel ecosystem and expanding the NetApp customer base together with his teams. He reports to Konstantin Ebert, NetApp Director MEEEA for the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa.
“It is the time now for innovative thinking and business relevant solutions to enable the required development, the multitude of business objectives and the on-going organic growth. I am very excited about joining NetApp as I believe the market opportunity is great and it is our chance to partner with the region to make the leap together into the future,” says Fadi Kanafani, Regional Director Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan at NetApp. “NetApp is a leader in the IT industry and we rely on first class partners and distributors in pursuit of this market requirement. Together with them, we will team up to offer NetApp consulting and professional services along with the best kit to manage, access and safeguard our customer’s most valuable assets, their data.”
“Fadi’s professional experience perfectly complements our successful enterprise business development and partner enablement strategy in the region,” says Konstantin Ebert, Director MEEEA for NetApp. “His rich expertise is crucial to our business imperatives and will tie well into NetApp’s objective to transform the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan operations in order to grow our market share in the region. We have a strong sales team and partners who are willing to execute. Their concerted efforts will allow us to interact directly with customers and prospects, delivering enterprise-class service everywhere.”
“With Dubai’s recent win announcement to host Expo 2020, Qatar’s win to host the World Cup 2022, and the on-going investments in Saudi Arabia’s infrastructure, transportation, health care and education sectors, the Middle Eastern region is poised to kick start yet another wave of massive developments across the board. Undoubtedly, it is an extremely exciting time to be part of what is happening in the region,” added Kanafani.
Fadi Kanafani has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry and worked for some of the world’s most influential companies. Prior to joining NetApp, he worked with Cisco and was responsible for business development at Cisco Services for emerging markets. He held several senior management consulting positions and has gathered vast experience from working with Lucent Technologies and ThruPoint.
