In February 2016, she was appointed as Minister of State for International Cooperation. Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy joined the Federal Government in 2008 as Minister of State and had a vital role in dealing with a number of foreign and vibrant issues of the UAE such as the UAE's bid to host the World Expo 2020 in Dubai, where she holds the position Director General and board representative on…
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Maha El Rabbat is a Professor of Public Health in the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. She was appointed as the Minister of Health and Population and is now the Executive Director for the MENA Health Policy Forum. As a Faculty member, Dr. El Rabbat was the head of the Public Health Department, and is a member of the curriculum development, quality and accreditation and research ethics…
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Ms Tone Skogen has been State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since August 2015. From 2013, she was acting Director General in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, where she has also held various other positions since 1978. Ms Skogen was State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry from 2004 to 2005. From 1991 to 1992, she was Counsellor for Energy at the Mission of Norway…
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Nadir Abdellatif Mohammed is the Regional Director for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions (EFI) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Prior to this appointment, he was the Director of Strategy and Operations in the Human Development Practice Group of the Bank overseeing the Human Capital project; as well as the Global Practices for education; health, nutrition and population…
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Noureddine Chmengui is the Secretary General of the Primary Education Supervisors Union, which is part of UGTT (Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail, www.ugtt.org ). He is an active member of the World Social Forum coordination ( www.fsm2015.org ) and General Coordinator of the network of educational supervisors in the Maghreb. Noureddine Chmengui is also member of the Secular Solidarity…
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Nigel Jacob is the Co-founder of the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, a civic innovation incubator and R&D Lab within Boston’s City Hall. Nigel’s work is about making urban life better via innovative, people-oriented applications of technology and design. Prior to joining the City of Boston in 2006, Nigel worked in a series of technology start-ups in the Boston area. He was also…
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Mothanna Gharaibeh is the Former Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Jordan. He was also the former head of Ericsson in Jordan. He has 15 years of experience in the private sector across the Middle East, working with global multinational companies serving local, regional and global customers
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Noomane Fehri is currently the CEO of [email protected] , launched by BIAT, the first privately-owned bank in Tunisia. [email protected] is a new economy incubator. He was Minister of Information and Communications Technologies in Tunisia from 2015 to 2016, and is known for being a reformer and a leader in the digital economy. Noomane, a geophysics engineer, held several management positions at Schlumberger in…
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A pediatrician by profession, Nazira Abdula graduated from Maputo Central Hospital with complementary stages in the Hospital São João do Porto in Portugal. Abula earned a Master’s degree in Nutrition and Dietition from the University of Flinders, Australia, in 2006. She worked as a general practitioner at Medical Mavalane General Hospital from 1993 to 1997 and was involved in the program to…
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Makhtar Diop, is IFC’s Managing Director. He assumed this position on March 1st, 2021. Prior to this appointment, he was the World Bank’s Vice President for Infrastructure, where he led the Bank’s global efforts to build sustainable infrastructure in developing and emerging economies. In this role, he oversaw the Bank’s critical work in energy, transport, digital infrastructure, and public-private…
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