Amira elAdawi
About Amira
Combining deep domain expertise in mergers and acquisitions with a relentless sense of intellectual curiosity, Amira elAdawi founded AMIRA & CO. to provide a decidedly unique and industry-agnostic approach to meeting the strategic needs of any organization conducting large, complex, high-value transactions. Her track record of success spans multiple industries and corporate environments, including hospitality, retail and consumer products.
An External Advisor to Bain & Company, and a former Senior Principal at Booz & Company, Amira has guided projects across the globe for a diverse range of clients in North and South America, the Middle East, Europe and Asia. She has extensive expertise in M&A integration as well as enterprise optimization & turnarounds for clients in the tourism and leisure sectors (hospitality, health and wellness, retail and entertainment), as well as the consumer products sector. Throughout her career, Amira has successfully served large corporations, SMEs, start-ups and governments.
Amira is also an experienced operator, having served as director of corporate development at Orascom Construction Industries and senior finance group manager at Procter & Gamble.
In addition to management, Amira is passionate about teaching. She regularly coaches an immersive business boot camp on strategy and financial management, and founded a microfinance NGO for single mothers in Egypt.
Fluent in English and Arabic, Amira holds a double-major BA in economics and international relations (magna cum laude), an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a Master’s certificate in hospitality management from Cornell.