Tadweer Group has appointed Jamil Asfour as Executive Director of Technology and Digital in UAE. Asfour will lead the group’s technology and digital function.
Asfour brings more than 27 years of experience across technology, investment and digital transformation. His career includes senior roles at Apple, IBM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Symantec, EY, the Abu Dhabi Investment Office and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
Jamil Asfour’s technology and digital experience
At Tadweer Group, Asfour has served as Executive Director of Technology and Digital since December 2025, according to his professional profile. The role covers the group’s technology and digital function.
Previously, Asfour was a Director at the Public Investment Fund from January 2023 to December 2025. He also worked as a Digital Transformation Advisor at stc between 2021 and 2023.
At the Abu Dhabi Investment Office, Asfour served as Executive Director and Head of Technology Partnerships and Investments from 2019 to 2020. He oversaw $3.5 billion in investments and led a team of 44 employees.
His earlier experience includes leadership roles at IBM and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. At IBM, he led the Digital Innovation Service Line and the Apple IBM Partnership for the Middle East and Africa.
At Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Asfour was Country Manager for Enterprise Services in Saudi Arabia. He managed a team of 285 people across business development, sales and operations.
Experience across technology, investment and security
Asfour also spent four years in senior management at Apple from 2012 to 2016. His responsibilities included mergers and acquisitions, technology, supply chain and manufacturing, strategic partnerships, and organisational restructuring.
Earlier in his career, Asfour worked at EY as an Executive Manager and Client Relationship Manager. He led the IT Advisory Infrastructure business and worked with clients across telecommunications, the public sector and military agencies.
He also held a senior security infrastructure role at Symantec. There, he was responsible for five global security operations centres across the US, UK, Germany, India and Australia.
Technology leadership at Tadweer Group
Asfour’s background spans digital transformation, technology infrastructure, cybersecurity, investment and partnerships. His profile also lists experience in artificial intelligence infrastructure and data centres.
At Tadweer Group, his appointment places this experience within the organisation’s technology and digital function. The source provided does not specify further details about his mandate or any new strategic initiatives linked to the appointment.
Asfour holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA in Investments and Securities from the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School. He has also completed executive education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford Graduate School of Business.
