Mahdis Gharaei

Mahdis is the co-founder & CEO of the female factor, a global career and HR platform working on closing the gender leadership gap in business. The community is supporting aspiring female leaders across 75+ countries to get a seat at the decision-making table and works with inclusive employers such as Google, EY, Visa and Mondi on attracting and retaining female talent. Before starting the female factor, Mahdis served as one of the youngest and only female general managers of an international airline in Austria and Germany for over 7 years and led cross-border projects and teams in the Middle East, Europe and the US. She co-founded her first business at age 23 and also served in leadership roles at non-profit organisations such as the World Affairs Council, AustrianStartups and Female Founders. Mahdis is a passionate opportunity maker, diversity advocate, entrepreneur, mentor, podcast host and speaker. Her TEDx talk “the largest pool of talent in business: women” has reached 40.000 people.

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