Maha Mahgoub Mohamed Ali

Maha Mahgoub is an entrepreneur, as the founder of CDO, she designs and delivers customized training programs for reputable clients, and provides comprehensive Human Resources consulting focusing on improving organization and leadership effectiveness.

Maha also is a chairman of a nonprofit foundation called Career development Foundation providing entrepreneurship training and monitoring. The main objective of the foundation is to build the capacity of women & youth entrepreneurs, moreover, to create awareness of the impact of entrepreneurship on national development.

Maha in-depth knowledge of human resources, coupled with her strong analytical skills and practical approach, enable to work effectively with all levels of an organization. She has worked with clients to deliver custom and practical solutions to their human resource challenges. Projects have included: organization design, training and development, strategic human resources planning, leadership development, assessing individual and group performance and team development. Moreover, she has helped thousands of career and job seekers to successfully navigate the job market.

Prior to which she was the Head of Human Resource Department of EFG-Hermes Private Equity, and Personnel & Administration Senior Supervisor Commercial International Investment Company (CIIC) affiliate co. of CIB, Head of import & export at Tan Medical Co.

Maha completed her studies in Psychology – at Ain Shams University- 1986. She has just finished the Financial Advisory Program for Small Business - American University in Cairo (AUC) – July 2011.  Maha earned the entrepreneurship scholarship (WEL Program) from Wharton University of Pennsylvania and the AUC. This is in addition to her accomplished certificates in HR Diploma, Institute of Management Development - American University in Cairo (AUC) in June 2001, and a certificate at Personnel & Administration - American University in Cairo (AUC) in December 1995. Maha became a certified international entrepreneurship trainer she got the Certificate of Training of Trainers Program on Enterprise Creation – UNIDO & Arab Union for Small Enterprises – December 2010