Joe holds an undergraduate degree from UCLA and an MBA from London Business School. His telecoms experience spans over 16 years and he has been involved in all aspects of the telecoms industry. Since 2012, he has been consulting to a number of high profile individuals and companies in the Gulf region on raising capital, management support, strategy and synergy. He has also been involved with a number of startups in the IT sector. Over the last 3 years, Joe has helped raising funds from private equity investors to over 15 ventures.
A brief snapshot of Joe's experience is detailed below:
General Manager, Doany & Partners Consultancy, Dubai: 2012 - present
A Telecoms and Strategy Consulting group
Member of the Board Warid Telecom: February 2012 - March 2014
Also on the: Executive Committee, Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee
Member of the Board Wateen Telecom: March 2012 - present
Also on the: Business Planning/Strategy Committee, Audit Committee
General Manager, Oger Telecom Ltd., Dubai 2006-2013
Oger Telecom headquartered in the DIFC, with over 35 million subscribers (Mobile/Fixed/Data) in Turkey, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Lebanon. In addition, Joe was a member of the Board of Cyberia, Oger Telecom's subsidiary and an internet/data service provider in Saudi Arabia, Jordan & Lebanon.
He was also involved in a number of high profile projects including Media, Publishing, Internet, Real Estate and Telecom projects with the Oger group for over 12 years
The Ministry of Post & Telecom, Lebanon 1995-1998
As Commercial Director and then Senior Advisor to the Minister and Prime Minister
After his undergraduate degree from UCLA Joe Worked in the United States for over 10 years where he held several high level positions, in Real Estate Development, Consulting, Marketing/ Advertising and International Trade
