ABOUT
Robert Mikhael is the incumbent Executive Vice President of AmCham Dubai.
He is currently the Regional President of the North Africa, Egypt, Russia and CIS Markets (NARUCIS). Prior to that he was Chief of Staff and Integration Lead for the Emerging Markets segment. In his last role in Pfizer he was General Manager for the Sub-Saharan Africa, India and Pakistan Cluster (PSI).
He started his career with Pfizer in 2003 when he joined the NY office as a Senior Projects Analyst within the CIT application hosting group. He’s held positions of Lead Architect, Team Leader and Global Manager before moving to the Middle East Region.
Robert took on various roles of increasing responsibility across various business units while part of the Africa and Middle East (AfME) organization, including AfME Pfizer Innovative Health (PIH) Director of Business Operations, where he was responsible for all business operations/strategic projects for the PIH organization; and supported the Regional President in maximizing operational effectiveness throughout the organization.
In his current role, Robert is directly responsible for the overall management of the NARUCIS Cluster, including setting the strategic approach, day-to-day performance management of 400+ colleagues, and external stakeholder engagement to shape policy improvements in over a dozen countries.
Robert has a Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry from New York University, a Masters of Science in Management and an MBA from the Stevens Institute of Technology, a Masters of Science in Applied Research and has completed post-graduate studies at the Harvard Business School where he is an alumnus. He lives in Dubai with his wife Diana, and two young boys – Henry and Harvey.
STATEMENT
My desire to remain on the board goes without saying. I have dedicated well over a decade to active membership within AmCham Dubai & NE, and I truly have a passion for supporting American business in this region. Serving on this board over the past few years has been a privilege and an honor that I do not take lightly, and I am keen on being able to continue to support AmCham grow its influence, its ability to shape our external operating environment, increase its impact on our member companies as well as play an even more positive role throughout the communities in which we work and live.
This board has proven time and time again as to how a business association can truly be perceived as value-adding, and become a real partner to the private sector. My desire is that we can keep the same momentum, and an ability to drive towards even bigger and better things for Dubai, the Northern Emirates and the region as a whole in the future.