Cameron Mirza
Chief of Party, IREX

Cameron Mirza works for IREX, he leads their AI in education work as well serving as Chief of the Party for Early Grades Education in Jordan, working with the Government of Jordan, school leaders, and the University sector to improve the learning outcomes of early-grade students.
Between 2020 and 2023 Cameron was the Chief of Party for pre-service teacher education program. Previously, Cameron was MENA Director for Nottingham Trent University working with MENA governments to close skills gaps between higher education and the labor market. Cameron spent several years reforming the higher education sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain. First, as Head of Strategy at the Ministry of Higher Education where he co-authored the first national strategy for higher education and authored the first employers-led graduate skills guide in 2014. Then as Director of Strategy for the University of Bahrain he authored the transformation plan and led the university to its highest-ever ranking position. Between 2017 and 2021 Cameron was an advisor for the Egyptian Knowledge Bank working will all universities to improve their performance, quality and reputation.
Cameron is a board member of Global Impact Initiative an NGO that supports refugees gaining valuable employment skills upon resettlement and a published author on the topic of higher education including recently as co-editor of ” nationalization of the Gulf labour markets, higher education and skills development in Industry 4.0″.