Leading by du-ing
Anneliese Reinhold has built and developed the legal team at du from the ground up. She talks to GC about her journey as counsel; from the inception of du, to its rise to one of the world’s most respected telecommunications providers.
Of the two telecommunications operators in the United Arab Emirates, du (officially Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company) is the youngest. A publicly listed company, du has a market capitalisation of US$7.5bn, revenues of US$3.4bn, over 2,000 employees and a customer base of nine million. In addition to the usual telecoms fare – both B2B and B2C communications services and broadcasting – it also offers a suite of peripheral services and technologies that encompass blockchain, internet of things, AI and the broad array of digital services required to meet the UAE’s smart city ambitions.
Anneliese Reinhold is general counsel and senior vice president of legal and regulatory affairs at du and, having been with the company since the beginning, has seen it grow – and had a hand in growing it – into the giant it is today.
