Mohamed Omar

Mohamed Omar has a diverse work experience spanning over multiple industries and roles. Mohamed started their career as a Support Analyst/Programmer at Amnesty International in 1996. Mohamed then worked as a Peoplesoft Technical Consultant at Oracle PeopleSoft from 1998 to 2000. In 2000, Omar joined 3Com Europe as a Network Engineer/Consultant (Pre Sales). From 2006 to 2008, they worked as an IT Technical Project Manager (Prince2) at g8wave in London, UK. Since 2008, Omar has been working at Zain Telecommunication Company, where they have held the position of Director - Fraud Management/Risk. In this role, they have been instrumental in developing the strategic roadmap for revenue assurance and fraud management, implementing a SIM box methodology that led to significant savings, and overseeing revenue assurance and fraud management reviews for various subsidiaries of Zain Group in Africa.

Mohamed Omar holds a Master's Degree in Countering Fraud and Corruption from the University of Portsmouth, which they earned from 2016 to 2018. Furthermore, they obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Business Computing Systems from City, University of London, where they studied from 1994 to 1998. Prior to that, they completed a Higher Diploma in Computer Studies at the College of North West London from 1992 to 1994, and a Higher Diploma in Information Technology at Hendon College in 1990 and 1991. In terms of additional certifications, Mohamed obtained a certification in GRAPA Telecom Fraud from The Global Revenue Assurance Professional Association (GRAPA) in 2015. Mohamed also holds certifications in GSMA Telecom from GSMA in 2009 and Minotaur Risk Systems Administrator from Neural Technologies Ltd in 2008. Moreover, they completed a Project Management (Prince 2) certification from APMG- International in May 2005.