Abir Giacaman was born in Bethlehem, Palestine, and lives in Germany. She finished her studies in business administration at Saarland University and followed up with two years of further education in hospital management in Freiburg. She has held senior positions in the management of acute-care hospitals since 2001, and is presently the CEO of the Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik in Frankfurt, a highly specialized acute-care polytrauma hospital that treats over 50,000 patients per year.