Mahir Sahin

Mahir serves as Director of Platforms & Ecosystems Partnerships, building strategic partnerships with primarily mobile operators and OEMs across Southeast Asia and South Asia. Mahir joined Google in 2009 from Oracle where he led the European business development team for enterprise software sales. He is passionate about growing the mobile ecosystem to make it accessible and helpful for everyone. He was responsible for the launch of ultra affordable smartphones via partnerships in Africa before joining the APAC region. He has worked in various business development roles in the technology industry since 2005 living in various countries including Australia, Germany, Ireland, Turkey and the UK before moving to Singapore. Mahir began his tennis career in London with a racket that David gave him as a present. Despite choosing Google over becoming a professional tennis player, he is now a highly pugnacious club player, feared for his tenacity and his vicious forehand. Mahir has an MSc. in Business Administration from the Technical University of Berlin and a BSc. in Economics from the University of Bonn.