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Huawei Appoints Steven Yi as Regional President for Middle East

Huawei, a global provider of information and
communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and
smart devices, has announced the appointment of
Steven Yi as president for the Middle East. In his role, Yi
will work with both regional and global ICT ecosystem
partners towards Huawei’s vision to bring digital to every
person, home and organisation for a fully connected,
intelligent world.

The appointment comes as Huawei continues to
strengthen its leadership role in the ICT industry,
supporting nations in the region with their post-COVID
recovery through the expansion of open, secure and
innovative digital infrastructure.

“The Middle East and Africa region is an incredibly
dynamic geography. Huawei has been proud to serve
governments, telecom operators, enterprises and
consumers here over recent decades,” noted Yi. “Today,
national digitisation plans around the Fourth Industrial
Revolution are truly breathtaking in their scope. With this
in mind, Huawei will continue to invest in its partners
and its people to serve the businesses of tomorrow, and Mr. Steven Yi
assist nations in achieving their development visions.” • President of the Middle East & Africa Region
• Member of the ICT Infrastructure Managing Board Huawei
Yi will be responsible for directing the company’s Technologies Co., Ltd.
operations across all countries and all Huawei business • Member of the Supervisory Board Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
groups in the region. In addition, he will guide the
company’s strategic direction, cultivate high-level Mr. Steven Yi oversees the wider Middle East and Africa region
stakeholder relationships and play an active role in for Huawei. He also sits on the Huawei Supervisory Board, and
supporting the adoption of Huawei solutions. is a member of the ICT Infrastructure Managing Board, working
towards Huawei’s vision to bring digital to every person, home, and
“It all starts with having a customer-centric mindset,” organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.
he said. “We must always deliver results while creating
the best possible user experience for our customers. As the regional President, Mr. Yi is responsible for directing the
Huawei has been doing that successfully for more than company's operations across all countries and all Huawei business
20 years in the region and is committed to creating groups in the area. He oversees the company’s strategic direction,
further value in a society empowered by connectivity cultivates high-level stakeholder relationships, and plays an active
and digital economy.” role in supporting the adoption of Huawei solutions. He also works
with organizational leaders in the region to innovate around the
As a longstanding Huawei executive, Yi first joined Huawei portfolio, covering many 4IR technologies such as of 5G,
the company in 1998. He is currently a member of the artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud computing, the Internet of
ICT Infrastructure Managing Board, member of the Things (IoT), and more.
Supervisory Board, and president of Huawei in MEA.
He has previously served as deputy CFO of Huawei in Mr. Yi first joined Huawei in 1998 and previously served as both Vice
the region, president of Sales and Delivery Finance President and then President of the Middle East region. He has also
Management Department, president of Huawei’s served as Deputy CFO of Huawei in the region, President of the Sales
America area operations and general manager of the & Delivery Finance Management Department, President of Huawei’s
Huawei Pakistan Representative Office. America area operations, and General Manager of the Huawei
Pakistan Representative Office.

He is a graduate of Wuhan University in China.

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