Eleanor Potter

Program Manager

Yahsat

Country or state

United Arab Emirates

Available to

Middle East, Africa

City

Abu Dhabi

Fee

Languages

English

Volunteer

Yes

Personal Details

Bio

Eleanor has been a brave trail blazer in the telecom industry for the last two decades. She has led major technology and development projects across Africa and the Middle East and solved some of the most challenging problems that organizations facing large scale transformations face. Her opinions in subjects such as Telecom development in Africa, Distribution in the telecom industry and changes in mobile use have been published in several online and offline publication and are frequently referenced by industry analysts.

In addition, her devotion to leadership development and bettering people’s lives has guided her in her journey to help others through her speaking engagement and work with various charities.

Current position (1)

Program Manager

Yahsat

Achievements (3)

Olympic TouchBearer

Invited to carry the Olympic Torch in the London 2012 Olympics

Invited speaker 2013 & 2014- African Renaissance Youth Conf

The African Renaissance Youth Conference is the leading gathering of young, dynamic, aspirant, driven and successful youth from across the country.
Topics: “ Developing Leaders - My journey on Leadership” and “The Future speaks – Leadership development across the African continent”

Walking the Camino de Santiago

Walked 900 km across France & Spain in 44 days – ALONE

Degrees (1)

Leadership Development

TBA

2008 to 2017

Presentations

Past talks (3)

Career choices and why and what the impacts are in the long term

Cisco's - Career Development

Satalite to 11 countries

November 14, 2013

The Future speaks – Leadership development across the African continent

African Renaissance Youth Conference 2013

South Africa

May 20, 2013

Developing Leaders - My journey on Leadership

African Renaissance Youth Conference 2014

South Africa

May 23, 2014

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Books & Articles (3)

Six lessons on business transformation

What’s the future of the cellular industry

Finding new revenue streams for your telecomms retail store

Expertise (9)

Technology

Leadership

Business

Awards & certifications (1)

Y'ello Rose Mentorship Award

MTN South Africa

2011

Reviews

Testimonials (3)

Eleanor is a high energy professional and entrepreneur, with significant experience in the telecoms and broader ICT space. She has demonstrated unique abilities to drive massive transformations, with a capacity to think through the strategy down to managing the more operational details.
Laurent Viviez
Verified
Eleanor Potter while well established in the field of telecommunications has also been a driving force as a board member of the NGO Rescue South Africa. Her expertise and managerial skills have greatly contributed to the organisation's success.
Ian Scher
Verified
Eleanor is a solid inspiring Leader and Executive with deep experiences in Telco, management, leading dynamic and high performance teams. I’ve found her to posses deep leadership skills, works well with diverse teams and organisations. I’ve worked with her at MTN and experienced her as an individual whose dedicated to success and seeing things through to conclusion with attention to detail.
Lunga Siyo
Verified

Why choose me?

A unique brave trail blazer leading innovation in the African Telecom market and women’s development