Mohammed Soliman
Mohammed Soliman
Biography
Mohammed Soliman is a Director at McLarty Associates, an Ankura Company, with over 15 years of experience advising multinational companies and investors on market entry, digital transformation, and strategic technology infrastructure across the Middle East and North Africa.
A trained engineer, he advises clients on strategic and policy matters at the intersection of technology, artificial intelligence (AI), finance, and energy, supporting them as they enter and scale in complex markets, navigate regulatory and political risk, design go-to-market strategies, localize operations, deploy large-scale AI infrastructure, and align commercial objectives with national development goals and long-term economic and security priorities.
In addition to his role at MA, Mohammed is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute (MEI), where he focuses on the intersection of technology, geopolitics, and business in the Middle East and other emerging markets. He is the author of West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East (Polity Press, 2026). Mohammed is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and a visiting fellow with the National Security Program at Third Way.
Prior to joining MEI, Mohammed held research and policy roles at institutions including the Peace Tech Lab at the U.S. Institute of Peace, as well as Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and School of Foreign Service. He began his career in Cairo as a trained engineer at a leading technology lab before moving into consulting, where he advised local and international businesses on strategy, operations, and market expansion.
Mohammed is a frequent media commentator, with his work featured in The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, Newsweek, and USA Today. He has appeared on CNN, BBC, France 24, and Deutsche Welle, and regularly speaks at international conferences.
Mohammed serves on the board of advisors for Ideas Beyond Borders and the Advisory Council of the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law (ISAIL). He is a member of the Expert Advisory Group of the Global Commission on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain (GC REAIM) and a David Rockefeller Fellow of the Trilateral Commission.
He holds a Master of Science in foreign service with distinction from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Engineering from the Egyptian Aviation Academy. A native Arabic speaker, Mohammed also has reading and speaking knowledge of German, Persian, Spanish, and Turkish, and has lived in Jeddah and Mexico City, among other locations.
Mohammed Soliman is a Director at McLarty Associates, an Ankura Company, with over 15 years of experience advising multinational companies and investors on market entry, digital transformation, and strategic technology infrastructure across the Middle East and North Africa.
A trained engineer, he advises clients on strategic and policy matters at the intersection of technology, artificial intelligence (AI), finance, and energy, supporting them as they enter and scale in complex markets, navigate regulatory and political risk, design go-to-market strategies, localize operations, deploy large-scale AI infrastructure, and align commercial objectives with national development goals and long-term economic and security priorities.
In addition to his role at MA, Mohammed is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute (MEI), where he focuses on the intersection of technology, geopolitics, and business in the Middle East and other emerging markets. He is the author of West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East (Polity Press, 2026). Mohammed is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and a visiting fellow with the National Security Program at Third Way.
Prior to joining MEI, Mohammed held research and policy roles at institutions including the Peace Tech Lab at the U.S. Institute of Peace, as well as Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and School of Foreign Service. He began his career in Cairo as a trained engineer at a leading technology lab before moving into consulting, where he advised local and international businesses on strategy, operations, and market expansion.
Mohammed is a frequent media commentator, with his work featured in The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, Newsweek, and USA Today. He has appeared on CNN, BBC, France 24, and Deutsche Welle, and regularly speaks at international conferences.
Mohammed serves on the board of advisors for Ideas Beyond Borders and the Advisory Council of the Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law (ISAIL). He is a member of the Expert Advisory Group of the Global Commission on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain (GC REAIM) and a David Rockefeller Fellow of the Trilateral Commission.
He holds a Master of Science in foreign service with distinction from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Engineering from the Egyptian Aviation Academy. A native Arabic speaker, Mohammed also has reading and speaking knowledge of German, Persian, Spanish, and Turkish, and has lived in Jeddah and Mexico City, among other locations.