MENA's 2025 update spotlighted private sector reforms as catalysts for jobs, resilience, and shared prosperity.

Dr. Omar Razzaz is the former Prime Minister of Jordan (2018-2020) and is currently a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Initiative (MEI) at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a Board Member ...

Mr. Muhammad Aurangzeb assumed the role of Minister responsible for Finance and Revenue in the Federal cabinet of the Government of Pakistan in March 2024. Prior to this responsibility, Mr. Aurangzeb ...

Ruth Davis OBE was appointed UK Special Representative for Nature on 15 November 2024. Ruth studied English Language and Literature at Oxford University. She later received a Masters degree in Plant ...

Nozipho Mbanjwa-Tshabalala is the CEO of the Conversation Strategists, where she moderates global conversations that are designed to have measurable outcomes. She is known as the go-to moderator for ...

World Bank Group President Ajay Banga addressed the press at the 2025 Spring Meetings Opening Press Conference. “We're trying to change things here and look to deploy proven tools to unlock growth, to ...

Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro is currently the Minister for National Development Planning (Bappenas), having been appointed to that role by President Joko Widodo on 27 July 2016. He was ...

Julie Monaco is Managing Director and Global Head of Citi’s Public Sector Group in the Corporate and Investment Banking division of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group. She leads the banking coverage ...

Ousmane Dione is currently the World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa where he leads the Bank's work to provide critical support to region's countries in the face of complex, ...

Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u has been the Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury & Economic Planning of Kenya, since September 2022. Previously, he was the Executive Director of the African Economic Research ...

Dr. James Mwangi is Group CEO of Equity Group Holdings, credited with democratizing financial access, leading Equity to become an integrated financial services Group operating in 6 African countries ...