Huawei appoints Steven Yi as President for Middle East

Huawei has appointed Stevan Yi as President for the Middle East region. In this position, he will work with regional and global ICT ecosystem partners to realise Huawei’s goal of bringing digital to every person, home, and organisation in order to create a fully connected, intelligent world.           

The appointment comes as Huawei to maintains its position in the ICT industry, assisting countries in the region in their post-COVID recovery efforts by expanding open, secure, and creative digital infrastructure.

“The Middle East and Africa region is an incredibly dynamic geography. Huawei has been proud to serve governments, telecom operators, enterprises, and consumers here over recent decades,” notes Yi.

Added, “Today, national digitization plans around the fourth industrial revolution are truly breathtaking in their scope. With this in mind, Huawei will continue to invest in its partners and its people to serve the businesses of tomorrow, and assist nations in achieving their development visions.”

Yi will be in charge of overseeing Huawei’s activities in all countries and across all Huawei business groups in the region. He’ll set the company’s strategic course, establish high-level stakeholder connections, and play a key role in promoting Huawei solutions adoption.

“It all starts with having a customer-centric mindset,” adds Yi. “We must always deliver results while creating the best possible user experience for our customers. Huawei has been doing that successfully for more than 20 years in the region, and is committed to creating further value in a society empowered by connectivity and digital economy.”

Yi has been with Huawei since 1998 and is a long-serving executive. He is presently a member of the ICT Infrastructure Managing Board, a Supervisory Board member, and the President of Huawei in the Middle East and Africa. He has previously held positions as Huawei’s Deputy CFO in the region, President of the Sales & Delivery Finance Management Department, President of Huawei’s Americas activities, and General Manager of Huawei’s Pakistan Representative Office.