Home lists Top 100 most powerful Arabs 2022 Hatem Dowidar CEO, e& Origin: Egypt Residence: UAE Sector: Telecoms Having overseen a recent rebranding of Etisalat group to e& this year, Dowidar has played an instrumental role in it being ranked earlier as the world’s strongest telecom brand by Brand Finance. With a telecoms portfolio of over $12.5bn, a net profit of Dhs9.3bn and a UAE subscriber base of 12.7 million for 2021, it is only primed for further growth. Dowidar, who before joining e& in 2015 was the group chief of staff of Vodafone in London is now, apart from e&, also on the board of Khalifa University and the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry.