H.E. Ms. Ghada Waly
Minister of Social Solidarity, Egypt
Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly has been appointed Minister of Social Solidarity in Egypt since March 2014.
Her work experience includes more than 25years in the field of Development and Poverty Reduction and Social Protection .
In the frame work of her position, she is the Chairperson of Nasser Social Bank a pro-poor financial institution .
She chairs the boards of National Center for Social and Criminology Research , National Fund for Drug Control and Treatment of Addiction ,The Executive Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs .
She also chairs the National Authority of Social Insurance serving 25 million Egyptians as well as serving as the Vice-chairperson of the Egyptian Red Crescent Association.
Ms. Waly is the Coordinator of the Ministerial Committee for Social Justice comprising 8 ministries.
Throughout her professional experience, she had leadership positions as being Managing Director of Social Fund for Development SFD, a multi-million dollars SME’s Fund. Assistant Resident Representative for Poverty reduction at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) where she was responsible for coordinating the MDGs reports . She served as Micro Finance and Access to Finance Advisor to the Chairman of Egypt Financial Supervisory Authority, and Executive Committee Member . She was Program Director of CARE International in Egypt, working in Poverty Alleviation in Upper Egypt, Micro Finance and Community Development Team Leader at SFD.
She was elected Co-chair of SMEs donors subgroup for six years.
Ms. Waly sits on the Board of a variety of CS organizations and is an advocate for women empowerment and SMEs.
Ghada Waly holds an MA and an MBA from Colorado State University , USA.
Her work experience includes more than 25years in the field of Development and Poverty Reduction and Social Protection .
In the frame work of her position, she is the Chairperson of Nasser Social Bank a pro-poor financial institution .
She chairs the boards of National Center for Social and Criminology Research , National Fund for Drug Control and Treatment of Addiction ,The Executive Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs .
She also chairs the National Authority of Social Insurance serving 25 million Egyptians as well as serving as the Vice-chairperson of the Egyptian Red Crescent Association.
Ms. Waly is the Coordinator of the Ministerial Committee for Social Justice comprising 8 ministries.
Throughout her professional experience, she had leadership positions as being Managing Director of Social Fund for Development SFD, a multi-million dollars SME’s Fund. Assistant Resident Representative for Poverty reduction at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) where she was responsible for coordinating the MDGs reports . She served as Micro Finance and Access to Finance Advisor to the Chairman of Egypt Financial Supervisory Authority, and Executive Committee Member . She was Program Director of CARE International in Egypt, working in Poverty Alleviation in Upper Egypt, Micro Finance and Community Development Team Leader at SFD.
She was elected Co-chair of SMEs donors subgroup for six years.
Ms. Waly sits on the Board of a variety of CS organizations and is an advocate for women empowerment and SMEs.
Ghada Waly holds an MA and an MBA from Colorado State University , USA.