Muna Al Ghurair

Muna Al Ghurair serves as Group Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications at Mashreq, the UAE's leading financial institution. She brings over 20 years of experience in communications, marketing, sales and business development with an outstanding track record with leading payments and financial institutions in the region. Al Ghurair holds a diploma in marketing from the UAE Polytechnic University and has developed proven expertise in brand building and leading stakeholder communication programs, especially during mergers and acquisitions.

Throughout her career, Al Ghurair has adopted a holistic approach to developing integrated financial product branding, public relations and marketing strategies internationally and across the MEA region. At previous organisations, she set up marketing as a standalone function, leading the creation of dedicated teams for PR and communications, branding and digital marketing and events. This organizational expertise has enabled her to build comprehensive marketing infrastructure at major financial institutions.

Career History

• Group Chief Marketing Officer at Network International (prior to joining Mashreq in 2022) – where she led the PR and communications strategy for Network's IPO in 2019 on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) – the largest UK IPO at the time of listing
• Executive Director of Marketing at Network International (2019-2022)
• Head of Marketing and Public Relations for the Group at Network International (2013-2019)
• Head of Marketing and Public Relations at Network International (2009-2013)
• Director of Electronic Payments at Emirates NBD (2006-2008)

What Muna Al Ghurair could bring to her role at Mashreq: Her expertise in executing high-profile financial communications—particularly her leadership of a landmark London Stock Exchange IPO—positions her to elevate Mashreq's corporate brand profile during a period of digital transformation. Her decade-plus tenure building and scaling marketing functions at Network International demonstrates ability to institutionalize marketing discipline at growth-stage financial services firms. Her background spanning payments infrastructure (Network International, Emirates NBD) and established banking (Mashreq) suggests she can bridge product innovation with sophisticated brand storytelling for diverse stakeholder audiences across the MEA region.