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Hannah Elsakr

Global Head of New Business Ventures & Founder of Firefly (GenerativeAI) for Enterprise
Adobe

Hannah C. Elsakr is Global Head of New Business Ventures & Founder of Firefly (Generative AI) for Enterprise.
Hannah is passionate about looking around the corner for new commercial opportunities at the intersection of technology, creativity & marketing. She recently launched Adobe Firefly for Enterprise, a creative & generative AI business including Firefly Services, Firefly Custom Models and Firefly Creative Production. At Adobe, Hannah previously led Corporate Development and was Chief of Staff to Adobe’s CEO, Shantanu Narayen, and led the office of the CEO.
Hannah is also Board President for the Adobe Foundation, which creates positive change through support for creative and digital literacy, social equity and opportunity, and active engagement in the communities where we live and work.
Hannah has previously led global businesses in ecommerce & marketplaces, consumer products, SaaS and advisory services at eBay, Del Monte Foods, Avon Products, McKinsey & Co., and J.P. Morgan.

Hannah holds a Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from Harvard Business School (HBS). In 2023, Hannah was recognized as one of Silicon Valley Business Journal’s “Women of Influence.”

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Events featuring Hannah Elsakr
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