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Eleanor Potter

Program Manager
Yahsat
Country or state 
United Arab Emirates
Available to 
Middle East, Africa
City 
Abu Dhabi
Fee 
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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
Telecommunications Africa telecommunications Leadership Development Women Leadership men leadership Middle East Telecom

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
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