{"id":548677,"date":"2022-08-17T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T04:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/08\/17\/uber-appoints-a-new-regional-gm\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T04:00:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T04:00:13","slug":"uber-appoints-a-new-regional-gm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/08\/17\/uber-appoints-a-new-regional-gm\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber appoints a new regional GM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Uber<\/strong> has appointed <strong>Frans Hiemstra<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/frans-hiemstra\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>) as its<strong> regional general manager for <\/strong><strong>the Middle East and Africa<\/strong>, based out of Dubai, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2022\/8\/Uber-GM-English.pdf\">press<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2022\/8\/Uber-GM-English.pdf\">release (pdf)<\/a>. 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