PHDC SPEAKERS

UN Assistant Secretary-General
UNDP Assistant Administrator
Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States

Senior Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering, King’s College London

Olympic Champion

Health Economist, WHO, Egypt

Pro Vice-Chancellor, Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education, Scotland

Lead Advisor for Sustainable Development, at the UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States

Associate professor and founding director of the Program for Social Policy Evaluation and Research (PROSPER) at the College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)

Temos International, Regional Office Director, Egypt

Director of “Universal Health Coverage/Health Systems” at the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Head of Global Medical Affairs & Outcomes Research - Organon Research & Development (ORD)

Deputy Director, University of California San Diego

UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director (Programme) UNFPA

UN Resident Coordinator in Egypt

Head of Family Planning Division, Directorate of Population, Ministry of Health and Social Protection, Morocco

Global Health Policy and Market Access Leader in Hoffmann La-Roche

Prof. of OB/GYN and Director International Islamic Center for Population Studies and Research

Director-General/ Executive Director of the United Nations Office at Vienna / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Manager of the Internal Audit and Governance
Administration, the Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt

Assistant Professor integrated marketing communications ,The American University in Cairo

Professor of Internal Medicine at Al Qasr Al-Aini Medical School

Gender Programme Coordinator at OECD Development Centre - Economist

ECD Manager, UNICEF Egypt UN

Innovation Team Lead, UNDP Regional Hub in Amman

Founder and Vice-President Health Governance International, USA

Lecturer of Clinical Oncology, Ain Shams University Director of Mersal Oncology Center

Principal Researcher at Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government

Chairman of Specialized Medical and Oncology Centers

CEO of The Universal Health Insurance Authority

Lead Country Economist, the World Bank

Senior Associate and Senior Country Advisor for the Population Council’s office in Zambia

Policy Officer, FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa

Minister of Labor, Egypt

SRH Programme Specialist, Arab States Regional Office,
UNFPA

Health Specialist, UNICEF Egypt

Director of the Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Project at UNFPA West and Central Africa Regional Office

WHO Representative in Egypt

Marketing and Business Expert

Associate Vice President, Organon, META (Middle East, Turkey and Africa)

Child Protection Officer at UNICEF Egypt.

The President of the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, Egypt

Government Relations Lead for the Middle East and Africa,
Organon

Chief of Education, UNICEF

Associate Professor of Politics, Development and International Relations, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Social Development Advisor,Pathfinder International

Regional Chief Economist and Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Finance Team Leader at UNDP in the Arab States region

Professor of Applied Exercise Physiology at the Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University

Resident Representative UNFPA Egypt CO

Professor of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University, Chairman & CEO of Al Mashfa Psychiatric and Rehabilitation Hospital, Egypt

Regional Director of UNICEF Office in The middle East and North Africa

Chairman of the Egypt Healthcare Authority

Director of Center for Technology Planning, Cairo University

Senior Adviser, Demographic Megatrends
Acting Chief, Population and Development Branch
Programme Division, UNFPA New York

Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Cairo University Advisor to the Minister of Health and Population for Population and Family Development Affairs

President of the International Federation of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Minister of Youth and Sports, Egypt

Senior Health Economist, World Bank.

Director of Early Diagnosis and Treatment Office of National Cancer Center and Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Senior Principal with Public Health Practice at IQVIA for Africa, Middle East, and South Asia region.

Deputy Regional Director, Arab States Regional Office, UNFPA

Professor and Chairman of Kasr Al Aini, Centre Of Clinical Oncology & Nuclear Medicine.

Head of Enhanced Well-being Unit
Department of Health Promotion-Division of Healthier Populations -WHO, HQ

Senior Programme Officer (Forestry),
Team Leader Greening Agriculture, Secretary of the Near East Forestry and Range Commission, FAO, RNE

Health Systems Coordinator, WHO Egypt

General director of research and the international agreements, National Population Council, Egypt

Global Education Financing expert on Transforming Education with Equitable Financing, UNICEF

Chief, Division of Cardiology and Director, Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona

Regional adviser of Access to Medicines and Health Technologies, WHO EMRO

WASH Officer, UNICEF Egypt

Secretary General Higher Population Council, Jordan

President of Zhongshan Hospital and Director of department of Oncology and Organ Transplantation Center, Vice-director of Liver Cancer Institute

Senior Associate and Policy Analyst, Population Council, New York, United States

Regional Director, Arab States Regional Office, UNFPA

Chief Social Policy and Child Rights Monitoring, UNICEF Egypt

Reproductive Health and Family Planning Program Specialist at UNFPA Egypt country office

Consultant Paediatrician at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust,Uk

Associate Professor Health Systems, The University of Edinburgh

Human Development Program Leader for Egypt, Yemen, and Djibouti of the World Bank

Regional Adviser, Women's Health, WHO

Regional Director of Saudi German Health Egypt & North Africa

Founder and President, Health Governance International, USA

Head of Technical Secretariat and Executive Director of National Alliance for Civil Development Work
Founder and Chairperson of Fahim Foundation for Mental Health Support

Senior Associate and Country Director of the Population council’s Egypt office

Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Kenya

Psychiatrist at Hospital of Zamudio. Red de Salud Mental de Bizkaia. Osakidetza.
Lecturer at the School of Medicine,University of Deusto

Executive Director of the National Training Academy of Egypt and Executive Director of the World Youth Forum

Team Lead Health Specialist, World Bank's MENA Health, Nutrition, and Population Global Practice

Chief Executive of the International Confederation of Midwives

USAID Mission Director, Egypt

Regional Labor Economist at UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States and a Research Fellow at the Economic Research Forum, Egypt

Regional Gender Officer ,FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa

Nutrition and Food Systems Officer, FAO, RNE

Adviser economist impact, Managing Director, Marivek healthcare consulting,senior advisor the health policy partnership

Population and Development Advisor, UNFPA, ASRO

Human Development Expert and Former Executive Director, UNDP

Deputy Minister of Education and Technical Education

Chief Executive Officer Cleopatra Hospitals Group

Partner & Co-CEO of Tarek Nour Holdings Group

Chairman of the Egyptian Drug Authority

Deputy Minister of Health and Population, Egypt

Regional Chief Advisor and Programme Manager at UNDP Arab States, Anti-Corruption and Integrity

Head of the Technical Secretariat of the Supreme Committee for Health Tourism

Senior Manager Medical Affairs at Illumina, AMEA region

Head of Employment Promotion Project of GIZ Egypt

Chief of Child Protection, UNICEF

Senior UK & European Patent Attorney

International Labour Organization - Economist.

Regional Advisor for the Tobacco Free Initiative.

Senior Regional Livestock Development Officer, FAO, RNE

Assistant Representative and Head of Programmes at UNFPA Egypt

Sexual and Reproductive Health Regional Adviser, UNFPA Arab States and Former Minister of Population in Egypt

Country President, AstraZeneca, Egypt

Founder and chairperson Etijah, The Author of Volunteerism and Volunteer Management Book

Senior Bayer Representative and Country Division Head Pharmaceutical-Bayer Middle East and North Africa

Senior Economist at World Bank’s Poverty and Equity Global Practice

World Food Programme Representative & Country Director Egypt

Director of the Hepatobiliary Surgery Department, Peking University People's Hospital

Regional Resilience Officer at the WFP Regional Bureau in Cairo for MENAEE

Executive Director, Sawiris Foundation

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and Founder and Director of Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation and Research & Innovation Aswan Heart Centre

Women-Led Climate Resilience (WLCR) Project Director OSRA Program Organizational Development Manager

Secretary General of the National Tobacco Control Committee, KSA

Regional Advisor on Environmental Health, at the World Health Organization (WHO),EMRO, Regional Center for Environmental Health Action (CEHA).

Co-Chair of the Travel Committee, American Chamber of Commerce, Egypt

Paralympic Champion

Africa Access Markets Director Organon (META - Middle East, Turkey and Africa)

Food Safety and Quality Officer, FAO-RNE

Global Health& Sustainable Development Expert

Health Specialist, UNICEF Egypt

Global Women’s Health Policy Lead, Organon

Assistant Minister of Social Solidarity for Social Protection

IT Consultant, Digital Transformation & AI Huawei

Assistant Vice President Country Lead Brazil, Organon

Global Lead, Population and Development, the World Bank

Clinical Professor and Associate Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada

Vice President, Franchise Lead, Women’s Health, Organon

Health Specialist, Programme Section, UNICEF Regional Office

Social and Behavior Change Officer, UNICEF Cairo

Programme Officer, Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, UNODC

Co-Director of The Research and Innovation Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation (Egypt) and hon.
Senior research fellow at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London (UK).