NSN appoints Farooq Azam as country head of Jordan

Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) on Thursday appointed Farooq Azam as its new head of Jordan. He takes charge of the company's operations in the country, leading the end-to-end customer team responsibilities, including sales, delivery, operations, customer relationship and financial operations.

Farooq is an experienced business leader who has worked with leading telecom operators, infrastructure vendors and consulting organizations across the globe and delivered improved operational efficiency and business growth.

Previously at NSN, Farooq held the roles of Principal Consultant and Customer Team Head in the Middle East and Africa, where he led the sales, delivery and governance of NSN portfolio of solutions and services. This entailed consultatively selling and delivering these solutions with P&L responsibility, striving constantly for superior customer relationships and project profitability.

Prior to NSN, he held various consulting, customer facing and R&D operations management roles at TELUS, a Canadian operator with local and international operations, Alcatel-Lucent, a mobile infrastructure vendor and his own business venture KAZAM Technologies where he successfully prototyped and sought funding for two communications products. He also delivered operations consulting to telecoms operators, vendors, enterprise sectors and governments.

Farooq values diversity greatly having worked throughout Europe, North America, South Korea and the Middle East and brings 18 years experience gained from the ICT sector.