23 April 2012
Sarah Mews Sultani appointed to further strengthen

Citrix's presence in the region

DUBAI, UAE: Citrix Systems today announced the appointment of Sarah Mews Sultani for the role of Channel Development Manager, Middle East & Africa (MEA). She joins Citrix from Oracle's Partner network, to support the regional channel team with the growth targets for the MEA region and will be focusing on the management of Citrix's key partners in UAE and Kuwait. In her new role Sarah will be based in Citrix's regional head office in Dubai to drive channel marketing activities in the region. She reports to Noman Qadir, Regional Channel Manager for MENA and Turkey.

Sarah graduated from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover, Germany with a degree in Industrial Management and Marketing and has been working with Oracle Partner since 2005, before joining Citrix. 

Commenting on Sarah's appointment, Noman Qadir said: "Organizations in the Middle East are realizing the benefits of cloud and virtual computing strategies, with planned increases in technology investment reflecting a growing confidence in virtualization strategies. Sarah's experience and contribution will benefit Citrix in continuing to educate the market and expanding our customer and partner networks throughout the region."

Citrix has enabled customers throughout the region, across oil and gas, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications and public sectors, to adopt Cloud and Virtualization solutions. Continuing the success to date, Sarah Mews Sultani's appointment supports Citrix's ambitious expansion plans for the region: exponential revenue growth in 2012, revamp of the Enterprise Channel Partner business strategy, and building skills capacity in local markets to support our end customers - to ensure customer and partner success, while striving to deliver a great experience to the stakeholders in working with Citrix in the MEA region.

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