Mr. Samy Ahmed Al Ghassany

Mr. Samy Ahmed Al Ghassany has held several key management positions since joining TDP and is elected chairman of the board for The Data Park (TDP).

He has been with Omantel and Oman Mobile for the past 17 years and currently holds the position of Chief Operating Officer at Omantel.

His expertise lies in telecommunications networks and information technology. He holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Detroit Mercy, U.S.A.

Eng. Baha Al Lawati

Eng. Baha Al lawati is a board Member and VP of Omantel’s Enterprise Unit since March 2019 he brings more than 18 years of experience in the IT, telecom, project management and wholesale business. He has held several Sr. management roles within Omantel spanning from international & carrier wholesale business to managing a portfolio of multimillion dollar telecom and IT projects.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Master’s degree in Networking Security both from Vanderbilt University, USA, and a Master’s certification degree in Project Management from George Washington University.

Baha is also a graduate of the National CEO program (2017 – Cohort 2) – a PPP leadership program between IMD Switzerland and the Institute of Capability development of Oman (ICD). 

 

Ms. Bushra Al Balushi

Ms. Bushra Al Balushi is Senior Manager Planning and Economics at Omantel. She additionally holds responsibility as the designated Investor Relations Officer. She has over thirteen years work experience and is well versed in the areas of financial planning and analysis, competitive analysis, capital budgeting, project evaluation, financial modeling and financial reporting. In her role as the Investor Relations Officer, she spearheads communication and engagement with Omantel’s local and international shareholders and debt capital market investors, besides assuring compliance with disclosure and capital market regulations.

She holds a Masters in Business Administration from Sultan Qaboos University and has received several professional development trainings and certifications.

Mr. Ghaith Al Darmaki

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Ghaith Al Darmaki is the Group Chief Technology Officer at Asyad. Ghaith has more than 18 years’ experience in leading ICT transformations in different industries; telecom, aviation, and Logistics. Ghaith has lead Oman Air digital transformation program and he had also delivered a nation-wide ICT projects and telecom projects outside Oman. Ghaith had also led the launch of a telecom operator ‘’Awasr’’ in Oman. Al Darmaki has a proven strategic leadership and transformation skills focuses on bringing values to organization through innovative solutions and ways of working.

Ms.Nahla Juma Al Balushi

Nahla Juma Al Balushi

Over 20 years’ experience in the IT field. Started her career as a Systems Engineer at Petroleum Development of Oman LLC where she worked on security related projects.  Moved to Central Bank of Oman as a Senior Information Security Officer, followed by heading the Information Security Management Department. Currently Acting General Manager of Information Technology.

Attained her BSc in Information Systems from Sultan Qaboos University, and MSc in Information Technology from the University of Glasgow.  In 2017, Nahla attended the Essentials of Leadership Program at London Business School, and completed an online program called Disruptive Strategy at Harvard Business School in April 2018.  Nahla is Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC).

Nahla is aiming to raise the importance of information security, and the risks associated with the confidentially, integrity and availably of the data. Her main objective is to link the strategic business objectives of the organization with the Information Security objectives.  She is interested in Information Security Compliance.  She was nominated by the government to be part of the UK-GCC Women in Cyber Security Fellowship Program 2019-2021, and as part of the Skills Syndicate Group whose program of work centered on the completion and evaluation of a qualitative and quantitative survey to assess the cybersecurity skills gap across the GCC.  In the course of her work, she became a certified Innovation Leader (CIL) after successfully completing a course on the subject, together with an Executive Program on Innovation and Strategy for Business Leaders (ISBL) delivered online over a 10-week period by the Institute for Knowledge Exchange (IKE) in the United Kingdom (Completed March 2022). 

In 2020, she won the Executive Lady in Cybersecurity award from the Middle East Women in Cybersecurity Association (WiCSME) in the virtual conference held in November 2020. In 2021, she won the Omani Women Prize in celebrating the Omani Women Day presented to her by the government of Oman.

In May 2022, Nahla was appointed as Acting GM of Information Technology Directorate at Central Bank of Oman.  She is managing a huge portfolio of Information Technology assets, and looking forward to develop the directorate, and enhance the current processes.