Shure Celebrates International Women’s History Month in the Middle East and Africa Region
In professional audio, the most important moments are often the ones audiences never notice, when collaboration feels seamless and every voice is heard clearly.
Shure continues to build on this foundation through a long-term approach to growth, led by women guiding strategy globally and regionally, and supported by an ecosystem-first model across the Middle East and Africa (MEA).
Rose Shure’s leadership drove the company forward for decades, including global expansion into many countries. Chris Schyvinck, Shure President and CEO, has continued that vision, leading the company into another century of innovation and progress. For more than 30 years, Shure has featured a woman in a key leadership position.
Shure’s scale and legacy reflect a century of consistent innovation and deployment.
Over its 100-year history, the company has developed more than 50,000 electronics products, with solutions sold in more than 120 countries worldwide and operations across more than 30 locations globally, supporting customers and partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia.
Schyvinck said that at Shure, leadership is about building for the long term, investing in people, strengthening capability, and staying close to the real-world environments where sound matters most.
As teams innovate globally and deliver locally, the company remains focused on essential features professional audio makes possible: better connection, better understanding, and better outcomes.
Women across Shure play an important role in shaping that direction and delivering impact across global and regional teams.
Yet while sound continues to power how organisations meet, learn, and perform, representation across technical audio pathways remains a wider industry challenge. Research shows that women account for only 2.8% of credited music producers across a large multi-year chart dataset.
Across the Middle East, however, the pipeline for future technical leaders is notably stronger.
Recent UAE reporting and national indicators point to high participation of women across higher education and STEM pathways, including women representing 70% of university graduates, alongside strong representation within STEM and engineering education.
This momentum points to the region’s potential to shape a more diverse, future-ready workforce across technology-led industries including AV, enterprise collaboration, and professional audio.
In addition to the women worldwide who contribute to the company’s operations, Shure works with many women across the industry in roles such as executives, performers, engineers, clergy, podcasters, administrators, and educators.
The company also supports industry initiatives such as the AVIXA Women’s Council and engages the next generation of women leaders through global “Women Everywhere” Associate Resource Groups.
It also hosts regular “Celebrating Women in Technology” panels moderated by Schyvinck, highlighting women working in various professional audio roles and offering insights to those considering careers in the field.
Ekta Shetty, Senior Sales Director for Shure MEA, said the company’s focus across the region is on outcomes, including clearer communication, stronger collaboration, and reliable audio performance in environments where teams make decisions and deliver experiences.
Long-term growth depends on capability, including supporting partners, investing in teams, and building consistency at scale.
Building on this foundation, Shure continues to prioritise long-term, capability-driven growth across enterprise collaboration, education, government, and live production environments, working closely with integrators, distributors, and channel partners to strengthen deployment outcomes and market maturity.
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