Marwa Abbas tapped as CEO of Raya IT

Raya Holding has appointed Marwa Abbas (LinkedIn) as CEO of Raya Information Technology, succeeding Hisham Abdel Rassoul (bio), according to a company statement seen by EnterpriseAM. Abbas joins Raya IT after more than 30 years at IBM, where she held senior roles in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East and Africa, most recently serving as general manager and technology leader for IBM Egypt and North East Africa. She takes over immediately as Raya IT enters its next phase of regional growth, with Abdel Rassoul remaining in place to support the transition through the end of December 2026.

We sat down with Abbas back in 2022 for our My Morning Routine column.