Mariam Farag – MBC Group

Mariam Farag is leading the CSR program at MBC Group, which is responsible for driving its corporate responsibility vision and strategy in the region & globally. Farag brings to MBC Group over 18 years of experience working in the fields of social development, humanitarian relief, communication, corporate & social responsibility in the MENA region. Prior…

Melissa McSherry – VISA

Melissa McSherry joined Visa in 2016 to lead the Analytics and Data Products team. That team serves clients globally with benchmarking products, predictive models to drive customer engagement, and individual projects leveraging transaction data. In September, Ms. McSherry took on the Global Credit team, which builds capabilities to support issuers in growing their credit card…

Menassie Taddese – Pfizer’s Innovative Health Business

Menassie Taddese is the Regional President, AfME, Pfizer Essential Health. Prior to this role, he served as Regional Lead for Pfizer Innovative Health in AfME.  In both roles, he was instrumental in turning around the holistic performance of Pfizer rooted in establishing a winning and organizationally healthy culture.  Mr. Taddese began his career with Pfizer…

Michaela Alexis –

Michaela graduated from Carleton University with Bachelor of Arts degree (with distinctions) with a major in legal studies, and a minor in psychology. Michaela currently works as the President of Grade A Digital, a Social Media and Personal Branding Agency in Ottawa, and has thrived in the content marketing community, successfully managing over 100 brands…

Nada Doumit – Roche Diagnostics Middle East

Nada Doumit has been the Head of Legal Roche Diagnostics Middle East since April 2016, and has joined Roche Diagnostics Middle East in 2012 in the capacity of Legal Counsel, establishing the legal and compliance functions in the Middle East. With a penchant for lucidity and analysis, Nada leads a regional team of legal counsels…

Dr Nadir Mohammed – World Bank

Dr. Mohammed is the Country Director of the GCC countries in the Middle East and North Africa region of the World Bank. He joined the Bank in 1998 as country economist for Egypt and Yemen, became Country Manager for Albania, and returned to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as Operations Director in…

Haben Girma – Barack Obama Champion of Change

Haben Girma has earned recognition as a White House Champion of Change, Forbes 30 under 30, and BBC Women of Africa Hero. The first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben advocates for equal access to information for people with disabilities. Haben holds a B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology from Lewis & Clark College. Because…