Ali El Kontar

Cloud Practice Leader

Ali El Kontar is cloud practice leader at NTT DATA, with more than two decades of experience across IT and telecom. He leads the firm's cloud practice in the region, working with enterprises on cloud strategy, migration and modernisation, and on the data foundations, governance and security controls that determine whether AI initiatives move beyond isolated pilots. His approach is people-centric, with a consistent emphasis on technology enablement, knowledge sharing and developing talent within the teams he leads and the customers he advises. His work spans public and private sector organisations, covering hybrid cloud design, matching workloads to performance and cost requirements, and building operating models that sustain solutions after go-live and tie their results to business objectives.