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MOVES- Walid El Saadany leaves Otlob:<\/strong> Online food delivery company Otlob has appointed Sofi\u00e8ne Marzouki (LinkedIn)<\/a> as interim CEO after Walid El Saadany (LinkedIn)<\/a> resigned. El Saadany told Al Mal<\/a> that he will serve as a strategic advisor to Delivery Hero, which owns Otlob, until the end of 2020. Marzouki has been the senior director of Delivery Hero\u2019s Talabat since October 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOVES- Walid El Saadany leaves Otlob: Online food delivery company Otlob has appointed Sofi\u00e8ne Marzouki (LinkedIn) as interim CEO after Walid El Saadany (LinkedIn) resigned. El Saadany told Al Mal that he will serve as a strategic advisor to Delivery Hero, which owns Otlob, until the end of 2020. 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