EXECUTIVE PROFILE :

Company : Vistas Global Location : Qatar

Suraj Thampi is CEO of Vistas Global , his fourth venture in the Middle East following his successful development and sale of three other enterprises in the region over the past 20 Plus years . Thampi is a seasoned leader with a remarkable eye for entrepreneurial opportunities , and has served as Director , Managing Director , Chairman , or CEO for several organisations . Through these experiences , Thampi has developed a broad range of specialisms , including : outsourcing , business process management , strategy , operations management , facade engineering , glass processing , communications , managed services , and more . His cross-border business strategies have a root in Thampi ’ s background , with his parents having moved from India to Doha in 1979 where he was raised until attending university in the US . “ When I was at university , I started an outsourcing company where we were doing voice campaigns for the likes of Verizon , Sprint , and T-Mobile ,” he says . “ We branched out to the UAE and India , and at that time , 1998 , outsourcing was really picking up and there was a lot of momentum around leveraging global capabilities . There were cost pressures in the Western markets to build up efficiencies , and we saw that as an opportunity to set up new businesses and niches , leverage our experiences , and build a great practice in business process management .” Since then , digital transformation and increased regional interest in outsourcing have enabled Thampi and his teams to capitalize on emergent trends and deliver cuttingedge solutions to companies seeking to maximise operational efficiencies , with Vistas Global being a culmination of learnings and blueprints for success drawn over Thampi ’ s career as a business leader . www . technologymagazine . com

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