Samir is an experienced information security professional with nearly twenty five years of experience having worked in diverse verticals such as Telecommunications Government Hospitality Engineering with some of the leading blue chip companies in the region.

He is a recipient of several awards such as Middle East CISO 100 and Global CIO 200.

The last twenty years or so have been specifically in the realm of information security.

He has led and successfully managed several enterprise and national projects. He has also played a key role as an author reviewer SME in a number of policy documents published by the government agency including a number of key legislations as well has provided inputs to the National Cyber Security Strategy