Go appoints new director

Yasser Zeineldin is being appointed as a non-executive director of GO plc, replacing Osman Sultan who resigned from the board
of directors on the 2nd June 2011.

Zeineldin has 24 years of experience in the ICT field. He is currently the CEO of eHosting DataFort, the Middle East region’s leading Managed IT and Advisory services provider and a subsidiary of TECOM Investments. He has been associated with TECOM Investments since September 2008.

Zeineldin is a member of the TECOM Management Committee, TECOM Investment Committee, and a board member in a number of regional and global ICT companies such as NexGen Advisory Group, Energy Management Services, and a former board member of Interoute Communications Holdings (March 2009 – May 2011).

Prior to TECOM Investments, Zeineldin spent ten years with Microsoft where he held various management positions. During this period, he was responsible for strategic business development as well as working with various governments in the region to help address their key socioeconomic challenges.

In 2006, he became the Regional Director at Microsoft Gulf, responsible for managing multiple teams assigned to oversee operations across the government, education, communications, financial, energy and the corporate general business sectors. He was also a member of the Worldwide Government Industry Core Strategy team and the Worldwide Partner Executive Council.
Before joining Microsoft, Zeineldin led the communication giant AT&T’s operations in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia.