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Fresh Faces on the Global Meets Local 2024 List
Forbes Middle East - English
|August 2024
Meet the leaders of the companies new to our flagship Global Meets Local list for 2024. Of the 14 new companies, 12 are headquartered in the U.S.
Kami Viswanathan
President—Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa, FedEx
Global headquarters: U.S.
Nationality: Indian
Viswanathan assumed her current role in June 2022, having joined FedEx in 2021. Viswanathan also cofounded Lumina Datamatics, a content service company, in 2006.
Guy Hutchinson
President—Middle East & Africa, Hilton
Global headquarters: U.S.
Nationality: British
Hutchinson assumed his current role in early 2024, having served as president and CEO of Rotana since 2020. He previously held senior leadership roles at Hilton in Japan, China, Australia, and India.
Asgar Rangoonwala
Senior Vice President, EMEA Emerging Markets, Johnson & Johnson
Global headquarters: U.S.
Nationality: German
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition August 2024 de Forbes Middle East - English.
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