Leila Serhan

Country Manager

Lebanon, & Other Indirect Markets 

Leila  graduated in 1996 from the American University of Beirut with both a Bachelor degree in Business Administration. After graduating with her BA, Leila worked for six years with Libancell, a subsidiary of Comium Holding, where she headed the Financial Planning and Budgeting unit, and was one of the youngest managers in the company.

Leila joined Microsoft in September 2002 as the financial controller for the Eastern Mediterranean subsidiary. In 2003, she moved to the marketing department, holding the Marketing manager position for three years, where she was responsible for the marketing strategy and the product marketing strategy for the Eastern Mediterranean and Pakistan region.  In 2006, she was promoted to become the Small and Medium enterprises and Solution Partners Manager for Microsoft Eastern Mediterranean and Pakistan. In that capacity, Leila was responsible for the sales and marketing strategy and operations for the SME group, as well as the Microsoft partner’s ecosystem and Microsoft Dynamics. Her continuous success led her to become the Business Operations Manager for Microsoft North Africa, Eastern Mediterranean and Pakistan in 2007 where her key responsibilities included business planning, strategy and operations setting up a new subsidiary in this region, as well as handling a number of strategic projects with Microsoft International related to setting up new operations in emerging markets.

In July 2009, Leila was promoted to her current position as Microsoft Country Manager, Lebanon and Indirect Markets (Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and the Palestinian Authorities), leading the sales, marketing and service operations in these countries. In this role, Leila will continue driving Microsoft’s mission of enabling people and businesses around the world to realize their full potential, through building great partnership with the IT ecosystem and bringing the latest innovation to these markets.

Leila recently received one of the highest achievement awards in Microsoft for her outstanding contributions. She is a member of the Platinum Club of the Circle of Excellence Awards.

When her busy schedule allows her, Leila spends time with her family and friends. She is a passionate adventurer traveler –and enjoys discovering new culture and new food. Other hobbies include reading and swimming.