Noura Selim is the Executive Director of the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development since the beginning of 2015. Prior to that, Noura worked at McKinsey & Company in New York, Dubai and Egypt. At McKinsey, Noura served public and private sector clients, particularly on health care and education topics. Her healthcare work spans the pharmaceutical space as well as public payers and providers in the US, Europe and the Middle East, while her education work spans K-12 and technical and vocational training and education in the Middle East. In the past years, Noura was involved in leading the implementation of a large-scale transformation in technical education and training, focused on improving performance and employment outcomes, as well as leading a health care reform program aimed at increasing access and quality of care. Prior to McKinsey, Noura worked as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Pennsylvania’s Engineering school. Noura holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, a Masters in Biotechnology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s of Science in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania, graduating Magna cum laude.  Noura is currently a Non-Executive board member at Orascom Development Egypt representing Sawiris Foundation for Social Development; Noura is also a board member at National Investment Charity Education Fund (NICE). In addition, Noura has appointed to the Advisory Board of Harvard Business School Middle East and North Africa for an additional of two-year renewable term. Noura was also selected from the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader for 2019. Noura served as a Chairwoman of the Arab Foundations Forum (AFF,) representing the Sawiris Foundation on the AFF Board of Directors. She has also joined the C20 2020 Engagement Group as a member of the C20 International Advisory Committee. Lastly, Noura served as a Treasurer on the Board of the Harvard Arab Alumni Association from 2014-2016