
Najla Al Midfa
Managing Director and Vice Chairperson of the Emirates Growth Fund.
Name in Arabic:
نجلاء المدفع
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Full name:
Najla Ahmed Al-Midfa
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Nationality:
Emirati
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Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates
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Najla Al Midfa's Bio
Managing Director and Vice Chairperson of the Emirates Growth Fund since October 2024, United Arab Emirates.
She has been Vice President of the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center ( Sheraa ) since June 2024, a Fellow in the Aspen Institute's Middle East Leadership Program since September 2011, an Eisenhower Global Initiative Fellow since March 2019, founder of the Khayara platform, a founding member of the Women Directors Foundation, and co-chair of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Working Group at the UAE-UK Business Council .
She has been a member of the Advisory Board of the MIT Technology Review Arabia platform since 2018, and a member of the Board of Directors of:
- Sharjah Education Academy since September 2024.
- Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park since January 2024.
- Dana Gas Company since April 28, 2021.
- United Arab Bank since February 2012.
- Emirates Development Bank since September 5, 2020.
- Friends of Cancer Patients Association since April 2025.
- Endeavor UAE.
She served as Executive Director of the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa), Vice Chairperson of the Young Arab Leaders Foundation , Senior Director of Entrepreneurship Development at the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development , Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, Business Analyst at Shell Petroleum UAE, Senior Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Sharjah Business Women Council .
She was selected as a judge for the 2020 MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 award.
She holds an MBA from Stanford University in the United States of America in 2007, and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Bath in the United Kingdom in 2000.