H.E. Mrs. Hend Abdalrahman AL-MUFTAH

H.E. Mrs. Hend Abdalrahman AL-MUFTAH

H.E. Ms. Hend Abdalrahman Al-Muftah, is the new Permanent Representative of Qatar
to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in
Switzerland. She was appointed in July 2022.
H.E. Ms. 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. Ms. 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).

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  • Organization
    Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
  • Profession
    Permanent Representative