Mahmoud Adham
Exited founder | Board member | Entrepreneur | Operating Partner to Consumer & DTC Businesses in the GCC
The move
MoveMars → munchbox.ae
TitleHead of Operations → Founder & CEO
LocationDubai → Dubai
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE15.5
Total experience26.1 years
Career arc
- Operating partner (founder)Oct 2025 — Present
10XScaleups· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Self-employed
- Board MemberSep 2025 — Present
milkup· Full-time
- Member of the Board of AdvisorsSep 2025 — Present
The Olive Tree SAL· Self-employed
- Board MemberNov 2024 — Dec 2025
Virtual Advisory Board (VAB)· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Self-employed - Founder & CEOAug 2014 — Dec 2024
munchbox.ae· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Head of OperationsAug 2010 — Jan 2014
Mars· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - CEEMEA engineering section headAug 2008 — Aug 2010
Procter & Gamble· Brussels Region, Belgium· Full-time - West Africa Engineering mangerApr 2005 — Aug 2008Procter & Gamble· Nigeria· Full-time
- Regional Project ManagerApr 2003 — Apr 2005Procter & Gamble· Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium· Full-time
- Production managerSep 1999 — Apr 2003Procter & Gamble· Cairo, Egypt· Full-time
Education
- Alexandria UniversityBachelor's degree · Mechanical Engineering1993 — 1999
- Harvard Business SchoolFinancial accoiunting · Accounting and Finance2024 — 2024
Top skills
Exit StrategiesRevenue & Profit GrowthBoard AdministrationConsumer ProductsScalabilityEntrepreneurship
About
I’ve spent close to three decades building and scaling consumer businesses — first as an operator at Procter & Gamble and Mars, and later as a founder. I went on to build and exit a consumer business in the region (Munchbox) to a leading food conglomerate, after scaling it across the GCC. Today, I work as an operating partner with founders, boards, investors, and family offices across the GCC, supporting consumer and DTC businesses.