Orient Telecoms appoints CTO Sayed Mustafa as acting CEO

– MALAYSIA, Kuala Lumpur –  Orient Telecoms PLC (LON: ORNT) today announced that it has ceased the services of Mark Pincock as Executive Director and CEO with immediate effect and that Sayed Mustafa Ali, who is the Executive Director of the Company will be taking over the role of acting CEO.

About Sayed Mustafa

Sayed Mustafa Ali, CTO and Executive Director, co-founded Orient Telecoms PLC.

He has worked with large telecommunications companies and MNCs in India at senior technical positions.

He also held the position of Regional Solution Architect at BTI Systems Inc. (now Juniper Networks), providing his expertise in designing the large NGN transport and carrier ethernet networks using the latest packet-optical technologies for regional telecommunications companies.

He was directly associated with the BTI’s R&D division and regularly worked on cutting edge technologies and assisted the Product Management with new ideas.

In 2008 he joined Aries Telecoms (M) Berhad as CTO to manage Network Engineering, Service Assurance, Service Delivery and Capacity Planning departments, and to expand Aries Telecoms’ national backbone and access infrastructure. He was also the Chief Network Architect for Aries Telecoms, responsible for designing and testing the networks.

He also holds a number of industry certifications in Wide Area Networking including CCNA, CCNP and CCIE.

He holds a master’s degree in Information Technology and Management and a bachelor’s degree in the field of Computer Applications and Technology from Vinayaka Missions University (VMU India).

About Orient Telecoms

Orient Telecoms plc is a licensed Managed Telecommunications Service Provider (MSP) with a wide range of telco services and solutions in its portfolio, designed specifically for SME’s, SMIs and MNC’s. Orient Telecoms currently provides telecommunications solutions in three distinct areas – (1) Managed Connectivity Services, (2) Business Intelligence & (3) Analytics and Office Automation & Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The company is listed on the Standard List of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

For more information: http://www.orient-telecoms.com

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