Mohammad Gawdat

As Managing Director of SEEMEA and the Head of Emerging Markets Counsel at Google Mohammad manages Google’s sales and business operations in over 110 countries.

Mohammad’s background is as an Engineer. He paired that with an MBA degree from Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands.

He has an impressive combined career of 21 years, starting at IBM Egypt as a Systems Engineer before he moved to a Sales role in the government sector. Venturing to the UAE, Mohammad joined NCR Abu Dhabi to cover the non-finance sector. He also became acquainted with the consumer goods industry as Regional Manager of BAT. In the last seven and a half years, Mohammad assumed many roles at Microsoft and most recently was head of the Communications Sector across Emerging Markets worldwide.

Mohammad's biggest passion is emerging markets, considering the vast degree of cultural diversity and challenges it faces. He is fascinated by the role that technology plays in empowering people in those communities and has dedicated his career towards that passion.

Outside of work, when he's not reading up on business and the latest technology innovations and trends, Mohammad spends his time drawing charcoal portraits, doing mosaics, carpentry and indulging in his passion for music. Considering his vast background Mohammad speaks Arabic, English, German and is learning Turkish.