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Management Team

Amir Kanaan

Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Amir Kanaan

Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Amir is the Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa at Kaspersky. In his new role, Amir is responsible for strengthening Kaspersky’s leadership in the region by strategically promoting the company’s vision of spreading cybersecurity awareness on a national level. While also promoting Kaspersky’s award winning business and consumer products as well as the company’s Threat Intelligence services.

Amir previously held the General Manager position for the Middle East at Kaspersky from 2016 to 2018; in which he played a vital role in positioning Kaspersky as a market leader in its industry and have contributed greatly to the company’s growth in the region.

Amir has more than 17 years of managerial and sales experience in the field of IT Security. He subsequently headed sales departments in large IT companies such as Emirates Computers, Trend Micro and Bluecoat. Amir holds a Master’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia, USA).

Aman Manzoor

Head of Consumer Sales in META region

Aman Manzoor

Head of Consumer Sales in META region

Aman Manzoor is Head of Consumer Sales in META region, responsible for promotion of all Kaspersky solutions for individuals in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa. With a strong background in the industry, Aman is focused on creating a stable platform to extend Kaspersky’s leading portfolio of consumer solutions by developing a qualified team of personnel and a well-equipped and diverse channel network.

Emad Haffar

Head of Presales, Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Emad Haffar

Head of Presales, Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Emad is responsible for managing and guiding a team of system engineers with the sole objective of supporting and growing Kaspersky’s enterprise business in the region. He oversees large strategic projects with direct involvement in planning, designing and consulting activities of complex solutions across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa.

Emad carries more than 18 years of IT experience and has a demonstrated track record working in the domain of cyber security for over 12 years. He has a Master’s degree in Information Systems Management from the University of Liverpool.

Samer Malak

Head of channel, Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Samer Malak

Head of channel, Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Samer Malak heads the channel business for Kaspersky in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region. He is responsible for strengthening Kaspersky’s channel operations across the region , working with channel partners to help support their end users to manage their Cybersecurity strategies with next generation solutions.

Samer has more than 18-years of IT experience and has worked across different market ecosystems in multiple capacities covering cybersecurity, end-users computing, as well as cloud computing. Samer has previous experience working for Citrix, Symantec, McAfee and Cisco.