Ms. Mirna Essam Eldin Arif

With a professional experience spanning more than 20 years, Ms. Mirna Essam Eldin Arif joined Banque Misr as a Non-Executive Director. Ms. Arif brings profound global professional experience, through her work for numerous multinational organizations and public sector entities across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. 

As Country General Manager at Microsoft Egypt, Ms. Arif oversees Microsoft’s overall efforts in the country to empower public and private organizations to accelerate their digital transformation agendas and attain better customer engagement, in addition to empowering employees, optimizing operations, and transforming business models. 

Ms. Arif joined Microsoft in 2019 as MEA Business Group Director, managing the company’s surface portfolio in the region. Before joining Microsoft, she served as Digital Transformation Director at GE Oil & Gas in July 2017, where she managed the delivery of the digital transformation strategy to oil and gas customers in North Africa and Turkey. 

In 2015, Ms. Arif held the position of Regional Manager for Gulf for Emerson Rosemount Group at Emerson Automation Solutions Company. She also held the position of Minister's Assistant for Investment and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Petroleum in Egypt, where she was responsible for advising on the development and implementation of the strategy of the petroleum sector in Egypt. This is in addition to her role in fostering international cooperation and bilateral relations between Egypt and various other countries through investment opportunities, international cooperation, and strategic dialogue. 

Before holding a senior position at Emerson, Ms. Arif was Global Marketing Manager for Schlumberger in London, where she was responsible for devising the worldwide marketing strategy for the Software and Marine Operations segments. Ms. Arif spent the first 12 years of her in career at Schlumberger, where she held various leadership positions, including Regional Sales Manager in the UK and Ireland and Regional Sales Manager in East Africa and Eastern Mediterranean. 

Ms. Arif holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing and Operations from the American University in Cairo and a Bachelor of Science (BSC) in Computer Science from the same university.