Ali Faramawy

As Vice President of Microsoft International, Ali has a number of responsibilities both on the business strategy and the business operations fronts. He is an active member of the International leadership team that is responsible for the company’s strategy and initiatives. He also has a visible role amongst the company’s worldwide Emerging Markets community. 

Ali is directly responsible for Microsoft’s operations in the Middle East & Africa (MEA) Area. MEA is one of thirteen areas that comprise Microsoft’s worldwide operations. The Area represents one of Microsoft’s fastest growing and dynamic markets and certainly its most diverse one. Microsoft MEA operates through 30 offices and covers more than seventy countries across three continents.

Throughout his twenty years career in the IT industry, Ali held different Technical, Sales and Managerial roles in different parts of the Middle East and in Europe with companies like Dun & Bradstreet Software, NCR Corporation, Yokogawa Marex and finally Microsoft Corporation,

Ali joined Microsoft in October 1997 as the General Manager of Microsoft Egypt. After a successful four year spell in that role, he moved on to assume additional responsibilities for the area of Eastern Mediterranean, which encompassed Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Cyprus & Malta.

In May 2002, Ali moved to take on the newly established position of Regional Director – in charge of Sales, Marketing & Services for the Middle East and Africa Region. He led the efforts to transform the company’s regional presence with a newly established regional headquarters and a much wider geographical presence. He was promoted to his current position in April 2004.

Ali graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, majoring in Computer Science & Automatic Control and has an MBA in Strategic Marketing from the University of Hull in the UK.  He is married and has two sons. He loves the IT industry and its impact on empowering people and transforming industries. He is passionate about the future of people in emerging markets. He also enjoys music, reading and the occasional round of Golf.