Mahmoud Mohieldin

Mahmoud Mohieldin is a global economist and the UN Special Envoy on Financing
Sustainable Development, with over 30 years of experience in international finance and
development. He co-leads the UN Secretary General expert group on debt solutions.

Formerly Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund, Senior Vice President
and Managing Director at the World Bank Group, he was Egypt’s first Minister of
Investment. He also served as the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for
COP27. He chairs and serves at key international and regional advisory boards,
co-chairs the WEF Global Future Council on the Business of Economic Growth.
He is a Professor of Economics and Finance, Cairo University, a Visiting Senior
Research Scholar at Columbia University, a Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and
Science and Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution.