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Dubai . “ The CEO of my first employer here , knew my former CEO in the US and was asking around for people to manage his water operation . After nearly two years there , I joined Mai Dubai . I was the first employee in January 2013 , and at that point , they were a brand name with a tender for the construction of a facility and nothing else ,” Andres reveals .

Having been in the business for 31 years , Andres was an ideal candidate for the position . “ I came up through the sales side and progressively got bigger responsibilities , which exposed me to all aspects of business . I moved around a lot and worked through a lot of diversity and challenges ,” the CEO states . “ And this helps me with Mai Dubai . The US is a pretty diverse culture , not too dissimilar from Dubai and this helped me prepare for the diversity here .”

With just a brand name and a construction tender in place , Mai Dubai took some time to launch . “ It took around 14 months from my first day to the day we sold our first bottle of water . Now we have over www . supplychaindigital . com 123