Experience: Haifa Al Kaylani is well known in international government and business circles as a high-impact change agent focusing on leadership in cultural and gender issues. An economist, graduate of the American University of Beirut and University of Oxford, she brings a wide range of skills and experience to her personal mission of encouraging greater cultural understanding between Arab and international communities, supporting a strong role for women in that process. Fluent in five languages, Al Kaylani holds senior roles in several organizations in the UK and internationally as well as seats on the boards of charities, cultural institutions, and NGOs. She is an advisory board member of the Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement; member of the advisory board of the Middle East Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; member of the advisory board of the Imperial College Business School, London; board director of the EastWest Institute; and board member of the MENA-OECD Business Council. In 2006, she received recognition as one of 21 Leaders for the 21st century by Women's eNews in New York. She was recipient of the 2008 World of Difference Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the International Alliance of Women and was recognised in 2009 as one of the 20 leading Muslim women in the UK by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.