Her Excellency Maryam AlMheiri is Director General of the Abu Dhabi Media Office (ADMO), having overseen its growth from launch to becoming the emirate’s central source of news, information and stories about Abu Dhabi for a local and global audience. Maryam is also Vice-Chair of the UAE Special Olympics Board of Trustees, and serves on the board of Mohamed bin Zayed University for Humanities, the Emirates Red Crescent and the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy. She is also Honorary Advisor to the Board of Abu Dhabi University. Previously, Maryam was CEO of the Media Zone Authority - Abu Dhabi and both CEO and Vice-Chair of twofour54. She holds a TRIUM Global Executive MBA (jointly issued by New York University Stern School of Business, 
London School of Economics and Political Science, and HEC Paris). She also holds a Master’s in Strategy and National Security Studies from the National Defence College of Abu Dhabi, and completed her undergraduate studies in Accounting and Business Administration at the UAE’s Higher Colleges of Technology.