Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany (United Arab Emirates)
Executive Director, MASDAR

In her role as the Executive Director of Sustainability at Masdar, Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany leads a team responsible for developing Masdar’s sustainability standards and policies. She is also mandated to oversee the processes of sustainability auditing, monitoring and reporting.

In 2012, Dr. Al-Hosany further assumed the post of Director of the Zayed Future Energy Prize, where she oversees the implementation of the objectives, mandate and strategic direction of the prize. She is also an Adjunct Professor and member of the External Advisory Board at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology.

Throughout her career, Dr. Al-Hosany has been an active member of various boards including the Advisory Panel for the Momentum for Change initiative of the UNFCCC, the Troika Plus of Women Leaders on Gender and Climate Change, and the Energy Efficiency Global Forum.

Dr. Al-Hosany is the program director of the UAE-led Women in Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy (WiSER) initiative. She also served as Sherpa to the UN Secretary General High Level Group for ‘The Sustainable Energy For All’.

In 2015, Dr. Al-Hosany received the Arab Woman Award, recognising inspirational, talented and deserving Arab women, in the Energy category and she was named as one of the 40 most influential Emiratis who have helped shape the Emirate by Abu Dhabi Magazine in 2011. She has received several medals and accolades for her professional achievements.

Dr. Al-Hosany graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at the UAE University and obtained her PhD from Newcastle University in the UK. She is also credited as one of the first two Emirati women to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world at 5,895 meters above sea level.