Karim Benkirane is the current Chief Commercial Officer at du. Prior to this, they were with Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa for 9 years, where they held the positions of CEO KSA and Managing Director UAE. Karim then became Managing Director of Virgin Mobile UAE with Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (EITC) for 3 years and 6 months. Afterwards, they took on the role of CEO with KPN for 4 years. Karim was then CCO with Telecom Italia for 5 years. Karim's last position before becoming Chief Commercial Officer at du was Business Unit Director with Central Telecom for 4 years.
Karim Benkirane has a degree from HEC Paris, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and University of California, Berkeley.