User:Rifath

Rifath Mohamed is the first Maldivian to be awarded with Chartered Marketer status. Rifath completed higher studies at Sunway University College, Malaysiaand holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK.

He is among the elite marketers in Maldives and is currently serving Dhiraagu, the no.1 telecoms company in Maldives as the Marketing Manager Mobile. As a growth strategist, he played a key role in developing Dhiraagu’s business and initiated many innovations including the launch of mobile Pre-paid service, Voice Mail, SMS, MMS, Mobile Internet, Free e-mail service, Internet leased lines, Ring back tones, Send a song service, Mobile WAP portal, Intelligent call assist, Home short code and many SMS based applications. He also developed the business cases for major upgrade projects, expansion of mobile service and introduction of new products.

He was a founding member of the South Asian GSM Operators Forum and served as a Steering Committee Member. He is a recipient of Dhiraagu’s Chairman’s Award for outstanding contribution to the company and he also won the Award for Excellence in Writing on Women and Aids from UN AIDS / Family Health International, USA.