Ahmed Alsohaily

Board Director

Ahmed Alsohaily is a Board Director at Sheba Microsystems, a Canadian semiconductor company. He was Group Head of Technology at Red Sea Global from September 2022, where he oversaw the launch of the world's first zero-carbon 5G network. He spent five years at the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) as Chief Technologist and Chief Advisor to the Governor, contributing to the development and launch of 5G services in Saudi Arabia, to the National Spectrum Strategy 2025, and to the Wi-Fi 6E launch that gave the Kingdom the largest amount of licence-exempt spectrum globally. Before that he was a senior member of the technology strategy team at TELUS Corporation and contributed to 5G requirements and standards at the ITU, 3GPP and NGMN. He holds an engineering degree from King Saud University and a Master of Engineering and a PhD from the University of Toronto, where he served as Adjunct Professor and Assistant Director of the Wireless Lab. He has published over 20 papers, holds three patents, is an Adjunct Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique in Canada, a senior member of the IEEE and a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario.