Ashraf Zeitoon – Director of Public Policy, Middle East, Turkey & Africa at Netflix

Ashraf Zeitoon is the director of Public Policy, Middle East, Turkey & Africa at Netflix. Earlier he held the position of Advisor to the Head of HUB71, and the former Head of Public Policy for Middle East & North Africa at Facebook. He leads the company’s public policy work in the region on a broad portfolio of issues including privacy, online child safety, freedom of expression, e-commerce regulation and public sector uses of social media.

Prior to joining Facebook in the summer of 2014, Ashraf worked in senior positions in Public Affairs and Communications with leading corporations in the Middle East and North Africa, including Aramex and Arabtec Holding. Before that, he held senior positions with the Governments of Jordan and Emirate of Dubai in several capacities including Special Aide to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan, Assistant Director of Government performance Directorate at the Prime Ministry of Jordan, and Director of Special Projects at the Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai.

Ashraf is a former associate of the Dubai Initiative at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and his writing has been published in the Financial Times and Foreignpolicy.com. He holds a B.A. in Political Science & English Literature from Yarmouk University in Jordan.