Mai Alessa

Director - Strategy Program Management & Transformation Office at Ooredoo Kuwait

Mai AlEssa currently serves as the Director of Strategy Program Management & Transformation Office at Ooredoo Kuwait, overseeing transformation projects since October 2022. Prior to this role, Mai held managerial positions at the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences from July 2013 to October 2022, where responsibilities included managing project funding, developing the foundation's strategic direction, and creating performance evaluation frameworks. Additionally, Mai contributed as a Board Member at Automated Systems Company and as a Program Analyst for the UNDP, focusing on environmental initiatives. Early career experience includes working as a Senior Sales Engineer at Siemens. Mai holds an MSc in Environmental Management from the University of Derby and a BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Ooredoo Kuwait

Ooredoo is a leading international communications company delivering mobile, fixed, broadband internet and corporate managed services tailored to the needs of consumers and businesses across markets in the Middle East, North Africa and South-East Asia. As a community-focused company, Ooredoo is guided by its vision of enriching people’s lives and its belief that it can stimulate human growth by leveraging communications to help people achieve their full potential. Ooredoo has a presence in markets such as Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Palestine, the Maldives and Indonesia. The company was named “Best Mobile Operator of the Year” at the World Communication Awards 2013. The company reported revenues of US$9.3 billion in 2013 and had a consolidated global customer base of more than 95 million people as of 31 December 2013. Ooredoo’s shares are listed on the Qatar Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.