Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Honeywell (NYSE: HON), the global software-industrial company, has appointed Fahmi Jabri as its business leader for commercial security in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META). Jabri’s new role will see him grow Honeywell’s security business and drive greater customer focus. He will also advance the organization’s portfolio of commercial security hardware and software solutions for connected buildings in the region, leveraging advances in analytics, big data, cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) technology.

“As a leader in the commercial security sector, Honeywell is well positioned to help organizations become safer and more secure, while meeting increasingly stringent government safety and security regulations,” said Mick Goodfellow, general manager, Honeywell commercial security, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. “Fahmi will have an important part to play in helping our customers solve critical business issues by leveraging connected offerings in the security field, and in championing the extensive benefits of our technology in increasing insight and control across a facility.”

Jabri is tasked with reinforcing Honeywell’s position as a key player in the small and medium business (SMB) segment, the high-end CCTV market, and the access control and commercial intrusion business for Honeywell.

Commenting on his new position, Jabri said: “Honeywell has some of the most advanced solutions in the commercial security industry, comprising class-leading software platforms, access control, intrusion detection and CCTV systems. We look forward to working with our partners and customers to add greater value to their operations, and to help them interpret and use the huge and growing volumes of data being generated by connected buildings and security systems.”

Prior to this role, Jabri was strategy and marketing director of security and fire, for the Middle East, Russia, Turkey and Africa. He has been in the building technologies’ industry for more than 17 years, and joined Honeywell in April 2015.

For more information on Honeywell’s commercial security products and technologies, please visit https://www.honeywell.com/industries/security.

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Honeywell Home and Building Technologies (HBT) is a global business with more than 38,000 employees worldwide. HBT creates products, software and technologies found in more than 150 million homes and 10 million buildings worldwide. We help homeowners stay connected and in control of their comfort, security and energy use. Commercial building owners and occupants use our technologies to ensure their facilities are safe, energy efficient, sustainable and productive.

About Honeywell

Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 software-industrial company that delivers industry specific solutions that include aerospace and automotive products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes, and industry; and performance materials globally.  Our technologies help everything from aircraft, cars, homes and buildings, manufacturing plants, supply chains, and workers become more connected to make our world smarter, safer, and more sustainable.  For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywell.com/newsroom.

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