John Hoonhout will report to Ken Willett, vice president and managing director HP Middle East, Mediterranean, Africa (MEMA) and succeeds Joseph Hanania, who had decided to leave the company earlier this year.
John Hoonhout has been acting Technology Solutions Group lead since February 2007. Previously he was the Director of Services for HP Middle East and has been instrumental in accelerating HP's profitable growth in the services business.
Before moving to the Middle East region in 2005, John Hoonhout held various HP Services business management roles in the South Pacific region including Managed Services and Professional Services.
"John has demonstrated his ability to successfully drive the technology solutions business and showed strong leadership, sound execution and excellent knowledge of the Middle East ICT market combined with exceptional passion for customers and their success" says Ken Willett.
John Hoonhout is a national of New Zealand and holds a Bachelor's Degree of Science in Computer Science from Waikato University, New Zealand.
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HP today announced that it has appointed John Hoonhout as managing director and Technology Solutions Group lead of HP Middle East with immediate effect.
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Lara Lynn Golden, News EditorTuesday, August 14 - 2007 at 14:40 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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About HP Middle East
HP is the largest technology and solutions provider in the Middle East with 670 employees and subsidiaries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Khobar, Cairo, Ramallah, Oman and 2 service Joint Ventures in Kuwait and Bahrain servicing the GCC, Egypt and the Levant. HP has been present in the Middle East since 1968 and opened its first regional office in 1994. HP Middle East is the market leader for enterprise, small and medium business and consumer technology products and offers a large portfolio of solutions and services in various business domains.
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HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers - from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world's largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $97.1 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2007. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.
About HP Middle East
HP is the largest technology and solutions provider in the Middle East with 670 employees and subsidiaries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Khobar, Cairo, Ramallah, Oman and 2 service Joint Ventures in Kuwait and Bahrain servicing the GCC, Egypt and the Levant. HP has been present in the Middle East since 1968 and opened its first regional office in 1994. HP Middle East is the market leader for enterprise, small and medium business and consumer technology products and offers a large portfolio of solutions and services in various business domains.
More information about HP in the Middle East is available at www.hp.com/me
To register for regular news update please visit HP Press lounge on www.hp.com/me/press
Omnia Samra
Impact Porter Novelli for HP
+971 4 3304030
Samer Karawi, HP
+971 4391 6000
Hewlett-Packard Company
Building 13
PO BOX 17295
Dubai Internet City
Dubai, UAE
www.hp.com
Ipact Porter Novelli
+9714 330 4030
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