Redouane Gaouar

Redouane is a “citizen of the world”, having grown up in diverse environments throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and America. He has lived in over 10 cities across four regions, and as a result, is fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Arabic. In his spare time, Redouane balances a passion for sports and volunteer work with advising C-level executives and contributing to organizational development.​

He boasts extensive experience in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, having held international leadership roles for 20 years in various areas including marketing, corporate strategy, sales, solutions, service, and program management.

Redouane enjoys driving and advising Technology and Services companies from start-ups to large established corporations. He is also the founder of SerAct, Elaqa and Bond.​

As the Executive Director for NTT in the Middle East, Redouane was responsible for overseeing corporate strategy, leading teams driving go-to-market practices, and managing strategic partnerships and solutions across the region.

Prior to relocating to the Middle East, Redouane held the position of Group Director of Marketing Operations, Data Analytics, and Lead Generation at Colt Technology Services based in London. In this role, he was responsible for accelerating sales, supporting business transformation, and guiding board-level decision-making through the ownership and management of strategic, data-driven, business-oriented programs and go-to-market strategies on a global scale.

Earlier in his career, Redouane has held Global Sales, Solutions Architecture, Service and Programme Management roles within global organisations such as Dimension Data, Verizon and Orange but also start-ups like the Internet Service Provider EEPAD leading the Algerian market in the early 2000s.
Redouane earned the Master of Business Administration from IE Business School. He holds a Master of Engineering and Business from Polytechnic Schools of Lille and Montreal, as well as a Bachelor of Science from Lyon University.

Patrice Langenier

Patrice’s concern is challenged by how the ICT Technologies, the 4th industrial revolution are about to transform the current trends of automation, data exchange and best practices in several industies.​

Mixing his various specialties and experiences in Supply Chain, Corporate and Enterprise Finance, organization and Prospective, IT engineering, and fundamental physics, Patrice supports organizations to design and implement new business models using data analytics and IA algorithms to drive Executive decisions.​

Patrice brings a wealth of experience with over 25 years in the ICT industry within leading organizations such as French Ministry of Defense, Dimension Data, Europcar, DHL and more recently NTT. He held many senior roles including responsability for IT services department as well as digital transformation consulting.

Nafissa Benouniche

Nafissa is experienced in B-to-B Marketing with over 5 years in the IT industry and the founder of Nala Media.

Before creating Nala Media as Marketing consultant, Nafissa held the role of Senior Marketing Campaign Specialist at Tableau Software, entailing responsibilities of leading operational and digital marketing strategy across Southern Europe and executing various marketing initiatives with regional partners to contribute to the business growth.

Prior to joining Tableau Software, she has acted as Marketing Manager within Systran and CCH Tagetik, accountable for developing and driving lead generation programs in France through content marketing creation, events organization and digital campaigns.

Nafissa is a citizen of the world. She grew up in a diverse environment between Europe and Africa. 

Enabling her to speak fluent French, English, Italian and conversational Arabic.