Shamma Bint Sohail Al Mazrouei

Shamma al Mazrouei has obtained her Masters of Public policy with distinction from the University of Oxford. She was the first UAE Rhodes Scholar. She is also holder of a diploma of coursework on multi-sector partnerships at New York University. Her Bachelor of Science is in Arts and Economics from New York University in Abu Dhabi. Shamma currently works at one of Abu Dhabi’s Sovereign Wealth Funds. She has previously worked as a public policy analyst with the UAE Mission to the United Nations. She has also worked as a Ministry Policy Analyst with the Prime Minister’s Office and participated in the Youth Lab Innovation Think Tank.
Shamma received the HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed (Scholarship Coordination Office) Distinction Award in 2015, and the Coutts Future Leader 2015 Award. She also was an Academy of Achievement Delegate Scholar at the San Francisco Summit 2014. Shamma participated in a number of leadership activities as she was the external relations liaison officer of the Oxford Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies forum (OxGAPS). She was also the Alumni Relations Class Representative at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. She was also a co-founder and member of the NYUAD Al Nahda Institute.