Ali Cheema has two decades of experience working in ICT policy advocacy, technology standardization, mobile broadband networks, and radio spectrum harmonization with the aim to facilitate cost effective connectivity.

Cheema is motivated by a strong belief in the catalytic role of mobile broadband for socioeconomic progress in a country, he currently leads a team of experts to drive Ericsson’s ICT policy advocacy efforts across Middle East and Africa in his role as the Head of Government and Industry Relations at Ericsson MEA.