Maha Sultan Nasser Al Sowaidi
Maha Al-Sowaidi obtained her Master's degree from HBKU in Public Policy after graduating from Qatar University's Economic and Business School. She wrote an applied thesis on the role of FDI in diversifying Qatar's non-hydrocarbon sector. Maha also graduated from the Qatar Leadership Centre's Rising Leaders Program in 2018. She has participated in regional and international workshops at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Bank of England. She has represented QCB at the IMF annual meeting.
In 2008, Maha was chosen as an Economist in the Executive Office. In 2009, she was appointed as QCB's focal point for the IMF and sovereign rating agencies. In her role, she led and coordinated technical discussions and reviewed and articulated responses to external organizations. Maha was involved in the preparation of the first Financial Sector Strategy and headed the sub-working group. She led the Committee that developed the Financial Sector strategy, involving QCB, QFMA, and QFCRA. In 2013, she assumed the Technical Office responsibilities. Following an initial period, and as the mandate expanded, she was promoted to the position of Technical Office Director in 2016. Working in the Technical Office provided Maha a comprehensive understanding of QCB's work, with a focus on monetary policy, financial stability analytics, and research. She led the Financial Sector team in economic strategy in 2020 and was a member of the Third Financial Sector Strategy Committee for 2023-2030. She actively contributed to the monetary policy and financial stability aspects of QCB's mandate, preparing analytical notes for top management. Maha was also appointed as a Member to the QCB's Monetary Policy Committee in 2018.
In 2021, she became the Secretary for QCB's Board of Directors. Her responsibilities included preparing, reviewing, and coordinating technical reports. She also served as a Member of the Redprop Committee for QCB's UK investment from 2022 to 2023.
In 2022, she joined the Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy Coordination Committee led by H.E. the Governor and H.E the Minister of Finance. She accompanied QCB's delegations under H.E. the Governor's leadership to the IMF annual meetings in October 2022 in Washington D.C. and in Marrakesh in 2023.
In October 2022, she was appointed as Assistant Governor for the QCB's financial stability. She became a member of the Financial Stability and Risk Control Committee in the same year. In addition to that she successfully established the Executive Office, a task she completed in June 2023. Maha took part in the BIS annual meeting, led QCB's delegation in the same year, and delivered a speech at Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance at King's College, London in its annual forum on the financial stability outlook.
