Bashar T. Arafeh Email & Phone Number

Having lived and worked in 4 continents, I consider myself a global citizen with a holistic view of business and social economic influence, across large parts of the world. I was lucky to have met, and discussed, topics from disruptive technologies to human rights from business and world leaders, but most dearly by the great Nelson Mandela in his office in South Africa.I have managed mobile operators in different countries and continents with different market conditions, and helped in growing companies from small businesses to cross border multinational businesses, and was witness and part of, the largest mobile telecom company transaction in the history of Africa, with the sale of Zain Africa to Bharti Airtel for $10.7 billion (USD).During my time at Wind Mobile Canada (now Freedom Mobile), I got to manage the West Canada expansion of Canada's 4th mobile operator, and the latest entrant to the market back in 2009. With a market complexity that is different from other markets I have worked in, different strategies had to be adopted to successfully penetrate the West market and establish our strong presence as an attacker operator. Wind Mobile"s performance during my tenure not only overachieved its targets, but had higher growth than some much more established brands in the market.Also, I enjoyed advising companies and executives on effective growth and value extraction strategies across several industries but mainly the telecom and IT sectors through board memberships and strategic advisory.From IT to telecom, all the way to their eco system, this vast scope of industries is changing the way the world does business, and I'm lucky to have been part of that transformation during the last 3 decades. Now I help advise boards and management on strategic directions that are relevant to the context of each market and industry.

Listed skills include Telecommunications, Management Consulting, Strategy Development, Business Strategy, and 24 others.

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  Harvard Business School

  Executive Education