Jan Cron is a Managing Director and Partner at Russell Reynolds Associates, based in Dubai, where he leads senior executive search and leadership advisory assignments across technology and industrial sectors with a focus on advanced technologies, digital infrastructure, connectivity, and industrial services. He is a member of the firm�s Board & CEO Practice as well as the Technology and Industry Sectors, partnering with regional and international clients including private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds to identify, assess, and develop senior leadership teams and mitigate succession risk. He joined Russell Reynolds Associates in 2011 from Nokia Networks in Dubai, where he served as SVP Middle East and Africa with full P&L responsibility for mobile and fixed communication infrastructure across 68 countries and held supervisory board and joint venture chair roles in Germany, South Africa, and Kuwait. Earlier in his career, he held multiple senior leadership positions at Siemens Communications across the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, including corporate strategy and regional sales leadership roles. He holds a Doctorate in International Economics from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and a Diplom-Kaufmann in Business Administration from the same university and is certified in Hogan psychometric assessment.