Our Leadership Team

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Mazen Mroue is currently the MTN Group CTIO and Non-Executive Director of MTN. 

Prior to this appointment and since joining MTN in 1998, Mazen has held various senior leadership roles within MTN Group regional operations in Middle East and Africa including roles like CEO, COO and CIO of the operating companie. He holds master Degree in Engineering. 

He is also certified in Leadership Development and Executive Finance from Harvard Business School and INSEAD respectively

Sanjay Kaul is Chief Revenue Officer at Circles CRO B2B Telco SAAS company, a former President at Cisco responsible for Service Provider PnL in APJ region. Prior to this role Sanjay was Managing Director for India and SAARC business in Cisco.  Before joining Cisco Sanjay have had number of Senior Leadership roles in Ericsson, Telia and BT Group across US, EMEA and Asia including Global VP and GM for Service Layer business in Ericsson HQ.

Sanjay is Alum of NIT, Durgapur and Harvard Business School.

Sanjay serves as Board of Director/Advisory in 6D Technologies, GX Group and Plunes.Com. He is also advising number tech/ SAAS companies in advisory capacity.

Sanjay has authored number of publication including a book title New Business Models for Telecom growth published by Wiley's, UK, Yield Management in telecoms, EBR

Sanjay is also a huge advocate  of diversity and inclusion. He was recently recognized by House of Rose Professional Male Champion for gender equality 2023 among several CXO of top global multinational companies.

Sanjay services as BOD-Advisory with Asian University for Women

An MBA and Computer Science graduate, AP has nearly three decades of global experience. 

AP has worked closely with various governments and regulatory institutions for policymaking and economic diplomacy. After his stint in FMCG and IT industry, AP started his telecoms journey in the mid-90s with the advent of the GSM mobile revolution. After working with mobile operators, he contributed to the institutionalization of the mobile industry to bring about the regulatory and technology standardization critical for the viability of GSM mobile operations in various jurisdictions. Headquartered in California, between 2002-2011, AP headed the global telecoms license and operations verticals for a large diversified corporation in ICT, hotels & resorts, and infrastructure.  Over the last ten years, 

AP has mentored and supported business growth and expansion strategies for multiple international corporations in telecoms, technology, energy, e-governance, healthcare etc.  He works extensively with investors and international, multilateral, and bilateral financial institutions to fund viable ventures and projects in several countries.

Anita Kaul Parmar is an entrepreneur, astute business women and home maker. 

She call herself as a part-time Executive and full-time home maker, with many ventures to her credit. Prior to her entrepreneur journey she worked in brands like Ericsson, Shallotcom International, Ana Creations, Kendall Premium. She established a retail brand called KrstalBar which specialised in crystal barware.

Anita holds MBA from IIM and BSC Honours from Delhi University.

Rajesh Chainani  is an IT and Telecoms experts with 3 plus decades of expertise in technology.  He is highly regarded in the industry for knowledge and expertise. 

Prior to co-founding HybridAI, he played Senior leaders role at Cisco and New Bridge Networks. He led both sales and tech functions along the years and  played pivotal role to lead  APJC market and managed seasoned sales and technical specialists. His expertise is very wide spread from telecom networks, secure networking, routing & Switching & optical platforms, data. center and cloud technologies, SaaS and applications 

RC is an alum of University of Mumbia and KC College of Management Studies

Neeraj Parmar has LLB, CS and MBA qualifications. He is a practicing lawyer at NCLT as well as an Insolvency and Bankruptcy professional. 

He has over 25 years of experience in legal, regulatory, corporate finance, taxation, and company secretary functions in both large corporates and MNCs. 

Neeraj is an astute legal professional with attention to detail and extremely collaborative and emotional intelligent.

Prior to his own venture, Neeraj was general council and company secretary for Moser Baer, DLF Brands, Reliance retail, Planet Retail etc.

Ajit is a change agent with nearly there decades of experience. Possess prowess of developing successful business in consulting edutech and food industry.

Commercially astute professional with strong acumen, ability and experience of developing start ups and turning around non-profit businesses.

Ajit is MBA from IIFM, India, Corporate Finance from Insead

Niall Morrissey has built a distinguished career in asset finance and technology-based financial services, with over three decades of leadership experience across Asia Pacific, Europe and the US. Currently, he serves as the CEO and Co-Founder of VPS, a company with a presence in Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia. .

Prior to founding VPS, Niall was the Managing Director for Cisco Capital, overseeing commercial operations across Asia Pacific, Greater China, and Japan. His deep expertise in asset financing grew through various leadership positions, including his tenure at Standard Chartered Bank’s Capital Equipment Finance business, where he served as Managing Director. He also held the role of Executive Director at Macquarie Bank, where he established and led their Corporate Asset Finance business for Asia Pacific.

Niall holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Management from the University of Southern Queensland. Having lived and worked in South Korea, China, and Japan since 1999, his career reflects a deep understanding of the Asia Pacific business environment and a specialization in driving innovative financing solutions for the technology sector

Fadi Pharaon was most recently member of the Ericsson Group Executive Team, as Senior Vice President and Head of Market Area Middle East and Africa at Ericsson, a leading telecommunications company. 

As Regional CEO Fadi was responsible for one of Ericsson’s five Market Areas globally, running a full P&L of 2BUSD+ across 70 countries with a total of some 8000-headcount combined. Fadi is an experienced executive with a strong background in leading both startups and multinational corporations. 

He has a proven track record in driving market growth, cultural transformation, and operational excellence, particularly in the tech and telecom industries. With expertise in selling and delivering very broad and innovative portfolios, Fadi excels at fostering strategic partnerships and navigating complex international markets.

Fadi is MS-Computer Sciences from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and MBA from Heriot Watt University