Maria Zgheib

Lebanon

MSc Water Science, Policy and Management, 2013
Kellogg College
Funding: Hoffmann

Maria is a Strategy Manager at Accenture UAE, supporting organisations throughout their transformation journeys.

Maria completed her Oxford studies in 2013. Before that, she graduated from the American University of Beirut in 2011, with honours in Civil Engineering and spent her third year at the University of North Carolina, where she gained valuable insights into the areas of sustainable design and project-building strategies. This experience fostered her interest in water and sustainability.

Alongside her studies, Maria has participated in numerous international conferences and workshops and has gained professional experience in engineering companies both in Germany, at Scherr & Klimke, where she developed portable water networks and drainage systems, and Lebanon, where she was a cost control engineer for BATCO Lebanon.

Maria is currently based in UAE.

“I have been involved in a number of cross-industry projects through my work with Accenture, mainly supporting clients in operating model design, cost optimization and strategy formulation
My experience at Oxford at WHT allowed me to expand my thinking horizons, enriched my multicultural background and taught me the significance of relationship management as a key component in ensuring personal and work-related success”