Top Marketing & Communications Professionals in the Middle East & Africa

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - March 07, 2020:  The list is published in the Forbes Middle East March 2020 issue and has the profile of Top Marketing & Communications Professionals in the Middle East & Africa. TOP 50 Marcomm specialists from different industries and business sectors across 19 countries.
 
BEATRICE CORNACCHIA of Mastercard tops the list, followed by MUSTAFA SHAMSELDIN, Chief Marketing Officer of PepsiCo and ANDREW KVALSETH, Group Chief Commercial Officer of the Telecom giant Ooredoo Group.
 
V. Nandakumar, CCO of Middle East retail major Lulu Group at No.4 is the highest ranked Indian in the list, which is dominated by Arabs.
 
Of the 50 people who feature on the list, 22 are women and Egypt is the most represented Arab country with nine entries on the list. The companies that these 50 professionals represent have a combined marketing budget of over $750 million, with the food & beverage, telecommunications and automobiles being the key sectors.
 
Prominent UAE based professionals featured in the list include AMINA TAHER, the Emirati Marcom head of Etihad Airways, ALEX BROWN of energy giant ADNOC and PEYMAN PARHAM AL AWADHI, the Marketing Director of DIFC.