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Safa Telecom appoints Shoji Koike as Senior Sales Execuitve

Koike to drive sales, marketing teams and manage partner relationshipsrnrn

Safa Telecom Dubai has appointed Shoji Koike as Senior Sales Executive for the Middle East and North Africa. Within the role, Koike is responsible for driving sales across the MENA region while synergising the IEC group in its entirety.

Koike will also be coordinating Safa Telecom’s sales and marketing forces for its business units in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan. He will manage ongoing relationships with partnering companies such as Thuraya, Inmarsat and Iridium, and develop the new correlation with Yahsat.

Prior to joining Safa Telecom, Koike was the Regional Sales Manager at SatCom Global for the MENA region, where he spent eight years within this role. Previously, Koike worked for HMC Japan, which was acquired by SatCom Global in 2005, three years after his joining.

Koike brings to Safa Telecom 13 years of experience within the satellite industry.