Mirna Arif  

Set with a profound commitment to Egypt, Mirna Arif brings more than 22 years of experience with multinational organizations and public sector entities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa into the position of Microsoft Egypt General Manager. Equipped with a strong belief in empathy-based management and in youth training, the first woman to assume this prestigious role is leading the nation’s technological movement towards digital transformation. To assert Microsoft Egypt’s competitive edge in the country’s tech industry, Arif is expanding the company’s digital footprint across public and private organizations to accelerate their conversion towards a digital economy, and has been named as one of the 100 most powerful businesswomen by Forbes Middle East in 2024. Prior to being appointed as Microsoft Egypt GM in 2020, Arif held the position of Surface Business Group Director for Middle East and Africa at Microsoft based in Dubai. From 2017 to 2019, Arif held the title of Regional Director for Digital Transformation at GE Oil & Gas where she directed the digital transformation strategy in North Africa and Turkey. Prior to that, she was the regional Manager for Rosemount Group Middle East at Emerson Automation Solutions. In 2015, Arif was appointed as Assistant Minister for Investment and International Cooperation at the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, advising on the development and implementation of the petroleum sector strategy. Preceding that, Arif spent the first 12 years of her career in Schlumberger, where she assumed various leadership roles covering different international markets, including Global Marketing Manager, spearheading worldwide marketing strategies for the software and the marine acquisition segments. Outside of Microsoft, Mirna sits on the Board of Directors of Banque Misr, the Board of Directors of Rameda Pharma, The Board of Trustees of the Knowledge Hub Education, The Board of Trustees of the Egyptian Institute of Directors (part of the Financial Regulatory Authority), the Supreme Advisory Board of Al Nas Hospital, and the Advisory Board of UNICEF Gen-U Egypt (Shabab Balad). She is also the Co-Chair of the Digital Transformation Committee at The American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (Amcham Egypt) and is a board member of the Egypt Chamber of Information Technology Arif holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the American University in Cairo Egypt, and a Bachelor of Science (BSC) in computer science from the same university.