H. E. Ambassador Dr Hend Al Muftah (Permanent Representative of Qatar to the UN) Switzerland

Her Excellency Dr. Hend Abdalrahman AL-MUFTAH, is the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organizations in Switzerland since July 2022.

H. E. Dr. Al-Muftah has had a wide-ranging career since 2004, including different academic, research and professional positions. From May 2015 to January 2021, she was Vice President for Administration and Finance and Associate Professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. She taught at Qatar University from 1990 to 2016, starting as a teaching assistant, and finishing as an associate professor of management (2010 to 2016). She was Executive Director of the Childhood Cultural Centre of the Qatar Foundation from April 2012 to September 2014. She also served as Director of Human Resources at Qatar University from 2004 to 2008.

In 2017, H.E. Dr. Al-Muftah was appointed as a member of the Shura Council of Qatar, one of four ladies joining the Council for the first time for a four-year term. She has been a member of, or consultant to various national and regional bodies and has many publications.

H. E. Ms. Al-Muftah has a Ph.D. in human capital formation-human resources management from Exeter University, United Kingdom (2004). She also has a master’s degree in management science from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom (1999), and a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Qatar University, Qatar (1990). Her main research interest includes women’s employment and empowerment, human capital formation/Human Development, crisis management, nationalisation of Qatar’s labour market.