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Management Team

Toufic Derbass

Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Toufic Derbass

Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Toufic Derbass serves as the Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa at Kaspersky. He is responsible for leading the company’s regional business strategy and make impactful efforts that align with Kaspersky’s global mission to build a safer world. As part of his role, Toufic is committed to build stronger relations with regional governments, and promote the company’s award-winning products and services to maintain Kaspersky’s position as a cybersecurity leader in the region.

Prior to joining Kaspersky, he held the position of Managing Director at OpenText/Microfocus where he was pivotal to the growth of several business verticals including hybrid IT, DevOps, and app modernization. He also held key sales and business positions at HP, HPE Software, and SAP, and was responsible to expand the business by forging strategic partnerships and leveraging the reach of the channel ecosystem. His track record underscores a commitment to customer and partner success, in addition to his extensive professional network comprising CXOs, business leaders, and technology decision-makers.

Toufic holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, specializing in Computer and Communication Engineering from the American University of Beirut. He upholds principles of transparency, respect, and leadership excellence in his work.

Andrew Voges

General Manager for Africa

Andrew Voges

General Manager for Africa

Andrew's objectives are to accelerate growth in the enterprise segment, consolidate Kaspersky's channel presence, formulate strategies to onboard more partners and customers within the B2B framework, and strengthen customer satisfaction.

Andrew’s professional journey is filled with significant stints at tech companies like Quest Software, Check Point Software Technologies, and Cisco Systems. He is based in Johannesburg, reporting directly to Kaspersky global HQ management.

Emad Haffar

Head of Presales, Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Emad Haffar

Head of Presales, Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Emad is responsible for managing and guiding a team of system engineers with the sole objective of supporting and growing Kaspersky’s enterprise business in the region. He oversees large strategic projects with direct involvement in planning, designing and consulting activities of complex solutions across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa.

Emad carries more than 18 years of IT experience and has a demonstrated track record working in the domain of cyber security for over 12 years. He has a Master’s degree in Information Systems Management from the University of Liverpool.

Samer Malak

Head of channel, Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Samer Malak

Head of channel, Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Samer Malak heads the channel business for Kaspersky in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region. He is responsible for strengthening Kaspersky’s channel operations across the region , working with channel partners to help support their end users to manage their Cybersecurity strategies with next generation solutions.

Samer has more than 18 years of IT experience and has worked across different market ecosystems in multiple capacities covering cybersecurity, end-users computing, as well as cloud computing. Samer has previous experience working for Citrix, Symantec, McAfee and Cisco.