Mohammed Abdullah K. Alharbi

Non-Executive Director at Maxis

Mohammed Abdullah K. Alharbi is currently the General Manager of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) at Saudi Telecom Company (STC) responsible for leading overall M&A activities with a focus on international expansion and strengthening STC's local position in the digital age through inmarket consolidation. He has always been involved in STC's key strategic decision-making on M&A opportunities.

He represented STC on the Boards of PT Axis Indonesia, Public Telecommunications Company Ltd. (BRAVO), Saudi Arabia, Aircel Limited, India, Cell C (Pty) Ltd. and 3C Telecommunication (Pty) Ltd., South Africa.

He has led the process of identifying synergies and developing synergy realisation programmes, implementing greenfield operations and major acquisitions of STC, which include the acquisition of 25% shares in Binariang GSM Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia, acquisition of 35% stake in Oger Telecom Limited, successful bidding of Kuwait and Bahrain greenfield mobile licenses, increasing STC's stake in VIVA Kuwait, divestment of PT Axis Telekom Indonesia, increasing STC's stake in Intigral, an end-to-end solutions provider focused on delivering digital media content services to regional telecommunications operators in the Gulf, and STC's recent divestment from Careem (the ride hailing company).

He has always been an integral part of STC's investmentrelated activities. Prior to joining STC in 2003, he worked in senior positions at Al Salam Aircraft Company and Advance Electronics Company.

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  • Non-Executive Director

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