Tom Laster heads up the Business Messaging Partnerships team in EMEA. He's a Meta veteran having spent 14 years in the company doing 11 different roles across different Sales, Product and Partnerships functions.

Prior to Meta he worked at Gartner, in Advertising Technology and in Gaming.

Tarcisio Ribeiro is currently Senior Director of Business Development and Partnership Management for Meta. His team works with partners with different capabilities to complement Meta’s advertising solutions and create mutual value to better serve Meta’s clients. Prior to this, he managed Meta’s relationships with mobile operators and the global connectivity initiatives aimed at increasing connectivity and improving user experience.

Before joining Meta, Tarcisio held senior leadership roles in sales, product management, service and marketing working for telecom infrastructure providers, and accumulated expertise on a diverse array of technologies. He is also a board member of Internet para Todos, a joint venture between Meta and Telefonica providing Network as a Service to operators in Peru bringing connectivity to users in remote areas of the Amazon.

He holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering from Escola de Engenharia Maua in Brazil and an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Business in Chicago, and lived in Brazil, United States and Europe. He currently lives in Miami with his wife and twin daughters and has a passion for sports and technology.

Tarek Abougabal is a Strategic Partner Manager at Meta, based in London. He works within Meta's Business Messaging team, helping partners across EMEA build and scale solutions on WhatsApp to drive business growth.

Muhannad Hasan is an ecosystem development manager - Meta, based in Dubai. He works within Meta's Business Messaging team (please check the right name of the team with Tom), helping partners across EMEA build and scale solutions on WhatsApp to drive business growth.

Renisha Rowe is a Strategic Partner Manager at Meta, based in London. She works with partners to drive growth and innovation through Meta's messaging apps, helping businesses connect with customers at scale.

Susan Rose is the Director of Product Management at Meta, leading our Meta Business Agent solutions for Enterprises and Partners. Prior to this role, Susan led our foundational Business Messaging product teams across Paid Messaging and Click-to-Message ads, including our APIs, interfaces, ranking & signals and ecosystem capabilities.

Previously, Susan was the Director of Business Product Marketing at Meta, leading advertising and monetization for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, as well as new business lines of Business Messaging and Business AI agents. Prior to joining Facebook in 2012, Susan was an analyst in Lehman Brothers’ private equity division. Susan has a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia, an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.