Walid Sheta tapped as president of Schneider MENA

Walid Sheta (LinkedIn) has been appointed as the Middle East and North Africa president of Schneider Electric, the company announced (pdf) yesterday. Sheta, who was formerly regional president of Egypt, North East Africa and the Levant, has been at the company for 26 years. Sheta succeeds Caspar Herzberg (LinkedIn), who has been appointed chief revenue officer at IT consulting company Aveva, in which Scheider is majority shareholder.