{"id":90785,"date":"2024-04-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/gbm-appoints-tech-general-manager-google-cloud-has-a-new-head-of-government-relations\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T00:00:00","slug":"gbm-appoints-tech-general-manager-google-cloud-has-a-new-head-of-government-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/04\/04\/gbm-appoints-tech-general-manager-google-cloud-has-a-new-head-of-government-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"GBM appoints tech general manager + Google Cloud has a new head of government relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">Dubai-based digital solutions provider <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gbmme.com\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Gulf Business Machines<\/a><\/strong><strong>(GBM)<\/strong> has named<strong> Bassam Rached<\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bassam--rached\/?originalSubdomain=ae\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>) as its new <strong>technology general manager<\/strong>, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/people-in-the-news\/gulf-business-machines-appoints-bassam-rached-as-general-manager-of-technology-gzns5zng\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Rached enters the role after having held several senior roles at GBM<\/strong>, including serving as the IBM Business Unit Director at GBM. With over 20 years of experience in the IT and tech solutions sector in the Middle East, Rached will be in charge of the development and implementation of GBM\u2019s technology strategy in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Google Cloud<\/strong> appointed <strong>Noor Al Sulaiti<\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/noor-al-sulaiti-8a74042b\/?originalSubdomain=uk\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>) as its <strong>security business<\/strong><strong> development and government relations head<\/strong> for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa region (META), a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/people-in-the-news\/google-cloud-appoints-noor-al-sulaiti-to-lead-cybersecurity-business-development-and-government-relations-for-meta-wm6g4mnc?amp=1\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a> reads. Al Sulaiti was previously CEO at Ooreedo Oman and Starlink Qatar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bassam Rached is now GBM\u2019s new technology general manager<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1549],"tags":[7,1136,1137,33],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-90785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moves","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-gbm","tag-google-cloud","tag-moves","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"d4580c0c-01be-4059-a661-cf5227e1b2ec","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/4\/368.jpeg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"GBM appoints Bassam Rached a technology general manager","related_issue":[90766],"teaser":"Bassam Rached is now GBM\u2019s new technology general manager","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/4\/.8856d706-a099-49e6-bc80-56eec3525fc9.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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