Azfar Aslam, Vice President & CTO – NI Europe, Nokia - Azfar is a passionate about driving customers’ success and has shaped the Technology and Business strategies for over 60 Communications Service Providers and Large Enterprises globally. Experience spans across new technology evaluations to new product introductions, from portfolio and investment optimisation to E2E evolution of communications networks and AI enabled automation – all of this based on deep insights in techno-economic trade-offs.  Azfar has also been deeply involved in corporate strategies from M&A to new market entry, to establishing new lines of business. Current focus includes helping customers chart their journey towards value creation in industry 5.0, in the high-performance critical & Quantum safe networks era.  Azfar holds a Doctorate in Telecommunication from University College London, MBA training from London Business School, and leadership accreditation from Harvard Business School.