Computer Associates Arab countries appoints elite management team

The appointees, based in different regional offices, bring a wealth of international and regional industry experience to CA, and come from leading multinational companies such as Alcatel, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems.

"Our new management team is unique in strength and competence. As part of our commitment to the region, we have appointed the best in their fields to be part of the CA family. The management team will strive to maintain our status to become the leading management software company." said Gilbert Lacroix, CA's vice president and general manager for the Arab countries.

For functional roles with direct impact to business, Michel De Martigny was hired as vice president of sales, Ned Jaroudi as regional marketing director, and Bjarne Rasmussen moved from CA's European headquarters as vice president of technology services. In order to provide critical support for CA operations, Roland Jones has joined as regional facilities manager; Rita Mouawad as regional human resources manager, Paolo Grande as senior counsel and transferring from CA South Africa, Carl Wessels was appointed as regional finance director.

Rounding up the management team from a geographical responsibility, the company has appointed Mahmoud El Ali as GCC country manager, Saeid Marashi as sales director for new business, Toni Prince as country manager for Levant, Egypt, and Libya, and Amar Wadjih as the country manager for Saudi Arabia.

Every CA executive possesses over 15 years industry expertise in sales, marketing, technical solutions, operations, and consultancy services.

"Our top managers have the huge responsibility of building the CA image in the Arab world and developing the company's business in the various territories. Their target is to introduce CA to the enterprise and small to medium businesses as well as establish a strong channel of local, regional, and global partners. Computer Associates has also long been a recognized global leader in community giving in any industry as reflected by BusinessWeek's recent ranking of the top "most generous" companies and our philanthropic mission is to connect children with what we do best — delivering innovative technology solutions worldwide." added Lacroix

With a profoundly experienced executive team fully on board and award-winning IT solutions, the future for CA in the Arab countries is highly promising.