Fayçal Saile appointed GM for Red Hat in Middle East, Turkey & Africa

DUBAI, UAE: Red Hat Inc. announced the appointment of Fayçal Saile as general manager for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region.

In this capacity, he will be responsible for the overall direction and management of sales, business development and support operations. He will also play a key role in the development of Red Hat's ecosystem with partners, system integrators, alliances and distributors in the region.

Fayçal is an IT industry veteran with more than 16 years of accomplished leadership as well as sales and business development experience across several international markets. He relocated to Dubai more than seven years ago and has a good understanding of the area's business trends and culture.

He joins Red Hat from Fujitsu, where he held a leadership role in the Enterprise and Solution business group in emerging markets. His previous roles include regional sales leadership assignments at Fujitsu covering the Middle East, Africa, Turkey, India and Eastern Europe. Prior to Fujitsu, Fayçal worked at Hewlett Packard in the Managed Services Division, handling outsourcing engagements.