MARIAM TAG 

25 New Merryland, New Cairo | Cairo, Egypt | Tel:************** | ************** 




Educa-on and Awards 

Sep 20 - Aug 21 London School of Economics & Poli-cal Science, MSc. Social Innova-on & Entrepreneurship 

                              Grade: DisHncHon (Highest Honors) 

2010-2014 The American University in Cairo, BA in Economics, Psychology Minor 




GPA: 3.78, High Honors 

2001-2010 Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule, Kairo 




Abitur: A-Level Equivalent: MathemaHcs, English, German, Arabic 




Experience 

Mar 19 – 

Sep 20 




Venture Officer, Ashoka Arab World (AAW) 

Search & Selec*on of Leading Social Entrepreneurs (SEs) in the Arab World to become Ashoka Fellows 

▪ Maintained responsibiliHes held under Senior Venture Assistant 

▪ Spearheaded the first all-women’s global selecHon panel, coordinaHng with Ashoka’s LaHn America and South 




East Asia offices to elect 8 women SEs into the Ashoka fellowship (4 from the Arab World) 

▪ Led and organized AAW’s first virtual selecHon panel, championing 6 Arab SEs through the process 

▪ Developed Ashoka Dissect Huddle Series to convene trend discussions and engage ecosystem players 

▪ Managed a team of 2 working on a year-long sector map of 4 sectors (economic empowerment, educaHon, 




technology, gender issues) in 3 regions (Maghreb, Egypt, Levant) to idenHfy trends and key players 

▪ IniHated a social media campaign to spotlight Ashoka fellows’ impact and raised Ashoka’s social 




media engagement by 30% 

Jun 17- Senior Venture Assistant, AAW 

Mar 19 ▪ Managed and organized three regional selecHon panels, championing 11 social entrepreneurs from Morocco, 




Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan through Ashoka’s process, which included; 

▪ Assessing 300 social models against Ashoka’s fellowship criteria: new idea, creativity, entrepreneurial quality, 




social impact, ethical fiber, and sending feedback to rejected applicants 

▪ ConducHng 30 research papers on various sectors, industries & key stakeholders 

▪ ConducHng 60 in-depth interviews with potenHal candidates 

▪ ConducHng onsite due-diligence for candidates in Egypt, Lebanon, Kenya to assess potenHal for scalable impact 

▪ Re-introducing Ashoka’s candidate retreat to prepare candidates for the different selection stages 

▪ Managing retreat- & panel logisHcs, and coordinaHng with panelists, intern’l interviewers & candidates 

▪ Developing 11 candidate profiles for review and approval by Ashoka’s Global Board of Directors for publishing 




on Ashoka’s global website 

▪ Mentoring 20 potenHal Fellows to idenHfy root causes, strategies and systems-change 

▪ Secured the full sHpend amount of an Ashoka Fellow from Tunisia ($120,000) as part of an Ashoka global 




partnership 

▪ Managing department’s $12,000 yearly budget 




Mar 17 - Development Intern, AAW: Assistant to Regional Development Officer 

Jun 17 ▪ Developed and prepared internal and external presentaHons for AAW’s Regional Director 




▪ Assisted in the preparaHon of due reports for donors and partners 

▪ Assisted in the development of AAW’s Annual Report 




Feb 16 – Execu-ve Assistant & Project Coordinator, Logic Management Consulting 

Dec 16 ▪ Co-created, and assisted in the implementaHon of sales and markeHng plan for leading pipe and plasHc firm 




▪ Compiled a knowledge mgmt. system as reference for company employees 

Oct 14 – Feb 

16 




Pre-Checks Engineer, DellEMC 

▪ Managed pre-upgrade health checks for VNX arrays and communicated procedural/technical issues to 




customers
▪ Delivered one-month semi-technical training to 10 new-hires 

▪ Elected as a member of newly-established training Comminee, iniHated Spanish classes for department 

Fall 2014 Digital Economics Teaching Assistant, American University in Cairo 

Spring 2013 Economic Development Teaching Assistant, American University in Cairo 

Personal 

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Fluency in wrinen and spoken Arabic, English and German          

February 28, 1992 

EgypHan American
CreaHve wriHng, reading, community work, Basketball




     	
     Education and Awards

          	
          Sep 20 - Aug 21 London School of Economics & Political Science, MSc. Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship

          	
          Grade: Distinction (Highest Honors)

          	
          2010-2014 The American University in Cairo, BA in Economics, Psychology Minor

          	
          2001-2010 Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule, Kairo


     	
     Experience

          	
          Venture Officer, Ashoka Arab World (AAW)

          	
          Feb 16 – Executive Assistant & Project Coordinator, Logic Management Consulting

          	
          Pre-Checks Engineer, DellEMC


     	
     Personal

          	
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          Nationality

          	
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