Yahsat CEO and leadership

Ali Al Hashemi is a Chief Executive Officer at Yahsat. He has worked as Gen Mgr:Govt Solution at Yahsat and Chief Executive Officer at Thuraya Satellite Telecom Co. Ali studied at London Business School.

Andrew Cole is a Chief Financial Officer at Yahsat. He works or has worked as FELLOW at ICAEW. Andrew attended University of Edinburgh and École des Ponts ParisTech.

Amit Somani is the Chief Strategy Offcer at Yahsat, the UAE-based satellite communicationscompany.He joined Yahsat in January 2010 from Booz & Company bringing with him a wealth ofexperience from an 18 year career including 15 years spent at leading consulting frms in theICT industry covering strategy, operations and technology. He has spent significant portions of his career in North America, South America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Amit develops the Yahsat strategy and growth agenda and oversees major strategic initiativesfor the company. He is also responsible for sourcing and driving forward key businessdevelopment opportunities. In parallel, Amit oversees the regulatory and spectrum managementfunction for the company. Amit graduated from the University of Nottingham in the UK with a Masters in ElectronicEngineering with French and also earned an MBA from London Business School.

Farhad Khan is a Chief Commercial Ofcr/CEO:YahClick at Yahsat, Chief Commercial Officer at Airtel Networks Zambia PLC, and Chief Commercial Officer at Zain Africa BV and is based in Nairobi, Nairobi National Capital Area, Kenya. He has experience at Telkom and Nokia OYJ and has worked as Business Consulting Manager - Strategy at Accenture plc, Chief Customer Sales Service at MTN, and Chief Sales and Distribution Officer at MTN South Africa. Farhad studied at University of Johannesburg between 2004 and 2004, University of Cape Town between 2000 and 2001, and Clairwood Secondary School..