Maha Abouelenein

Maha Gaber Abouelenein is an Egyptian American communications consultant specializing in strategic communications, public diplomacy and campaign management.[1] She also is the Head of Communications and Spokeswoman for Google in Middle East and North Africa.[2][3] Maha also is the co-Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee of the US Chamber of Commerce in Egypt.[1]

Maha Abouelenein
NationalityEgyptian and American
Alma materMinnesota State University, Mankato
OccupationHead of Communications for Google in MENA and Spokeswoman for Google

Life

She grew up in the United States, in a small town in Minnesota where she studied communications there all the way to her Masters degree, she came back to Egypt in 1997, started working for Sawiris then years later she established Promoseven WeberShandwick in MENA before leaving to start her business; Organizational Consultants.[4] With more than 20 years experience in corporate communications, PR strategy and campaign management, Maha drives the Google communications apparatus for 18 countries. Maha holds a master's degree in Communications from Minnesota State University - Mankato and an undergraduate degree in International Business & Marketing with a minor in French.[5]

Maha Joined Google after the Egyptian revolution of 2011.[4]

gollark: Well, yes.
gollark: I mean, I think pride in accomplishments is good, pride in "yes I was randomly assigned this property" less so.
gollark: Deadly sins considered harmful.
gollark: What if you change the month every year, and only circulate it within small social groups, so corporations literally cannot use it to pander‽
gollark: You could use Urn, which is a λisp which compiles to λua.

References
  1. American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt
  2. Maha Abouelenein on Twitter
  3. Google and Apple ban web application for Hezbollah TV station by Jumana Al Tamimi, Associate Editor, Gulf News, 8 August 2012.
  4. Inspiring Women - Maha Gaber "The PR Guru" Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. WAN-IFRA.org : Maha Abouelenein
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