Vanessa Humphrey

Vanessa  is a senior advisor in strategy and transformation with 25 years’ experience mainly in the MENA region, founder of North Star Business Services and facilitator from the openfield collective global network.

She is the former Head of Corporate Strategy of Awasr and launched the first Sigfox IOT operator in 2016, in Oman and Middle East. 

Across her career, Vanessa worked for other large international telecom players such as Ooredoo, Orange, Awasr and Sigfox where she led Strategy and PMO practices launching new mobile operators, group wide performance practices, smart cities programs, and IOT networks. In the Middle East, Vanessa led projects in numerous countries including UAE, Qatar, Iran, Pakistan, Yemen and Oman 

Her career started in the field of strategy & transformation consulting for CapGemini Consulting France.