Walid Sheta

President Middle East and Africa @ Schneider Electric

About

Regional President and Managing Director with a confirmed experience of working in the energy management and Industrial Automation. My experience also includes project management, production planning, sales, business development and strategic planning, in addition to a Master's Degree in Engineering. I have led several teams in the disciplines of Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Logistics and Industry. I had the pleasure of working in many diverse geographies among which France, Nigeria, Egypt, among others, and today living in the UAE.

Country

United Arab Emirates

City

Dubai

Industry

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing

Skill

Energy Management, Product Marketing, Product Management, International Sales, Key Account Management, Management, New Business Development, Solution Selling, B2B, Negotiation, Sales Management, Marketing Strategy, Channel, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Market Planning, Team Management, Business Development, International Business, Channel Partners, Product Development

Experience

President Middle East and Africa

Schneider Electric

2021-11 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

President, North East Africa and Levant Countries

Schneider Electric

2017-2 - 2021-11 · 4 yrs 10 mos

New Cairo 1, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Country president

Schneider Electric

2014-10 - 2017-2 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Lagos, Nigeria

Business Development VP, Africa

Schneider Electric

2013-2 - 2014-9 · 1 yr 8 mos

Cairo, Egypt

Drawing strategic Plan for African continent and develop the business of the company in all Business Units focusing on new growth initiatives

Business Dev and Marketing Director

Schneider Electric

2010-4 - 2013-2 · 2 yrs 11 mos

New Cairo, Egypt

Country Manager Indian Ocean

Schneider Electric

2006-9 - 2010-4 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Reunion Island

Lead on commercial activity in Indian Ocean covering : La Reunion, Madagascar, Mayotte, Mauritius

International Account Manager

Schneider Electric

2002-9 - 2006-9 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Paris Area, France

Develop Schneider Electric Position and market share with several accounts, first in Oil and Gas then Telecom segment : Technip, Saipem, Foster Wheler, then Alcatel Lucent and France Telecom

Regional Distribution Center

Schneider Electric

2000-5 - 2002-8 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Dubai - UAE

Transform the Order Processing Center into a Regional Distribution Center in Jebel Ali Free Zone, leading supply chain management for 6 countries : UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain

Supply Chain Manager

Schneider Electric

1998-5 - 2000-4 · 2 yrs

10th of Ramdan City - Egypt

Industrial Planning and Supply Chain Management for an electrical equipment industrial facility

Projects Engineer

Schneider Electric

1995-1 - 1998-4 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Cairo

Prepare Tenders for Industrial and Infrastructure project, then lead on execution of said projects mainly for Electrical Distribution and Industrial Automation Packages.

Development Engineer

Nokia

1994-2 - 1994-9 · 8 mos

Rennes Area, France

After graduation project, worked as development engineer on the real-time treament of the conference calls and specifically on the echo treatment on Texas Instruments DSP.