Rania A. Al-Mashat enjoys more than 25 years of international experience in macroeconomic policy, economic and sustainable development, international cooperation, climate finance, central banking, and monetary policy frameworks. She is a co-founder and member of several advisory boards, international alliances, and associations. She served for eight consecutive years (2018-2026) as Minister in the Egyptian Cabinet across three key portfolios: Tourism, International Cooperation, and Planning, Economic Development & International Cooperation. Her previous roles include Advisor to the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, and Sub-Governor for Monetary Policy at the Central Bank of Egypt.
Al-Mashat pushes forward partnerships and multilateralism as key enablers to accelerate macroeconomic stability, economic, sustainable, and inclusive development, and climate action. She designed a novel approach to foster international cooperation through creating a country-led multi-stakeholder engagement framework for Egypt that strengthened partnerships with numerous bilateral and multilateral development institutions and developed Egypt’s Country Platform for the Nexus of Water, Food, and Energy «NWFE»- نوفي to leverage international partnerships and mobilize climate finance to the private sector, accelerating the green transition.
She received the 2025 African Renaissance Leadership Award; 2025 Global Leadership Award from the Choiseul Institute; 2025 Africa Political Outlook Prize for Leadership, Governance, and Impact; 2022 Most Visionary and Outstanding Minister of International Cooperation in Africa by the Elliott School of International Affairs George Washington University and the GE7 Initiative; selected among the top 50 most influential women in the Egyptian economy in 2015 and 2020; among other awards.
Al-Mashat received her PhD and MA in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park, USA, and her BA in Economics from the American University in Cairo. She completed Executive Education in Leadership and Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and Transformational Leadership from Saïd Business School at Oxford University. She has engaged in evidence-based research to advance transparent monetary policy frameworks, characterize economic growth and development through institutional reforms and partnerships, and has several publications in these subjects.
