Alcatel-Lucent appoints Ramy Hashem as Country Senior Officer for Ghana

Alcatel-Lucent strengthens presence in key market for the Africa region as the company pursues The Shift Plan transformation as a specialist in IP, cloud and ultra-broadband accessAccra, Ghana, April 27, 2015-  Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has appointed Ramy Hashem, as Country Senior Officer and Managing Director for Ghana. In his new role, Mr. Hashem will assume overall responsibility for managing day-to-day operations, as well as taking the lead on strategic business directions for Alcatel-Lucent in Ghana. Based in Accra, he will report to Alpin Verlet, Head of Alcatel-Lucent’s activities in the West & Central Africa region. Mr. Hashem is the former chief technology officer for Alcatel-Lucent in the Middle East, an experience that will play a key role in the company’s specialist focus of IP, cloud and ultra-broadband access technology in Ghana.