The Most Influential Woman in the Arab World Becomes CEO of Revolut UAE
Ambareen Musa is an entrepreneur from Mauritius with a business degree from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. At just 21, she launched her first online business, a property portal for international students in Australia. In 2004, she moved to London to work for GE Money, where she held various roles in marketing, financial education, and e-commerce, even leading the UK’s first online financial literacy initiative, Moneybasics.co.uk.
In 2008, Ambareen relocated to Dubai, where she worked as a consultant for Bain & Company Middle East. She then established the consulting branch of MasterCard for the Middle East and Africa. In 2012, she founded Souqalmal.com, a top financial comparison and insurance platform in the UAE and KSA. Souqalmal.com was named “Online Business of the Year 2015” and ranked among Dubai’s top 100 SMEs.
