Ahmed Ihab Gamaleldin’s professional experience covers a wide range of thematic areas, interests, and positions related to diplomacy, sustainability, green transition, development, economics, private sector development, climate change, human rights, policy-making, and strategic planning. As a former Egyptian diplomat, he has gained rich and diversified experiences at the multilateral, regional, and bilateral levels throughout his 36-year diplomatic career. He worked in various capacities in the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including as Assistant Minister for Human Rights and International Humanitarian and Social Affairs, as Deputy Assistant Minister for Environment and Sustainable development, as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco and as Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, the WTO and Other International Organizations in Geneva. He assumed a pivotal role in numerous international and regional processes and spearheaded several multilateral negotiations through his election as chair of these negotiations that covered the areas of sustainable development, human rights, humanitarian and social issues, environment and climate change, and disarmament. He also led national delegations to numerous international and regional meetings. In addition, he presided over the Conference on Disarmament in the United Nations in Geneva. At the national policy-making level, he has vast experience in interacting and building partnerships with national stakeholders, including civil servants, parliamentarians, the private sector, and civil society. One of his institution-building achievements was founding the first Supreme Standing Committee for Human Rights and its Technical Secretariat and being its first Secretary General, and leading the elaboration of the first ever “National Strategy for Human Rights 2021-2026.” Furthermore, he has also worked as a consultant to international economic institutions. He holds a PhD in International Economics and International Relations (1996) and a Master of Arts in International Relations (1991) With Distinction from Johns Hopkins University, USA, in addition to a Master of Business Administration (1989) and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration (1986) with High Honors from the American University in Cairo, Egypt.