Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani, Founder Chairman, Arab International Women’s Forum is well known in international government and business circles as a high-impact change agent focusing on leadership in cultural and gender is-sues. A development economist and graduate of the American University of Beirut and Oxford University, she brings a wide range of skills and experi-ence to her personal mission of encouraging greater cultural understanding between Arab and international communities, supporting a strong role for women in that process. Mrs Al Kaylani holds senior roles in several cultural, commercial and edu-cational UK and international organisations. These include: Board Member, The Women's Leadership Board at Harvard Kennedy School; Advisory Board Member, The Middle East Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; Board Director, EastWest Institute, and Board Member of The Arab British Chamber of Commerce in London. Mrs Al Kaylani is a member of the ILO Global Commission on the Future of Work, and also served on The Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance, became the first Honorary Member of the Euro Mediterranean Association for Cooperation and Development (2012) and serves as a Freeman of the City of London. Haifa Al Kaylani received recognition as one of the Women eNews 21 Leaders for the 21 Century (2006); was included in the Muslim Power 100 Leaders in the UK listing (2007) receiving the Education Excellence Award; she is a recipient of the International Alliance for Women 2008 World of Difference Lifetime Achievement Award; and was named one of the 20 leading Muslim women in the UK in The Equality & Human Rights Commission Muslim Women Lists 2009-2012 and received the United Kingdom Muslim Woman of the Year Award in 2013. Haifa Al Kaylani was presented with an Award for an Outstanding Contri-bution as a Women Leader of Palestinian Origin and was honoured by the Qatari Businesswomen Association and presented with an Award for her contributions to the growth and development in the Arab region. She was the recipient of the Global Inspirational Leadership Award 2013 and was honoured for individual achievements as a role model and having made contributions worthy of acknowledgement towards the role of women in Emerging Economies by the Georgia General Assembly. Mrs Al Kaylani was included in the Power 100 List, compiled by Arabian Business Monitor and recognised on the Arabian Business Power 500 List published by Arabian Business Magazine and placed in the highest ever re-cording of 118 women in a list of Arab men and women leaders. Mrs Al Kaylani was inducted in 2013 by the Centre of Economic Leadership & Development into The Global Women Leaders Hall of Fame as a distin-guished achiever and symbol of female achievement globally. Mrs Al Kaylani received The Excellence in Life Award presented by The Global Thinkers Forum in Dubai December 2014. 1 In 2015, Mrs Kaylani, received The Pearl Initiative Recognition for a Ca-reer Focused on Arab Women in Leadership, presented by the Pearl Initia-tive Honorary Chairman HE Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minis-ter of Culture, Youth and Social Development in the United Arab Emirates on the occasion of The Pearl Initiative & United Nations Global Compact Forum held in Dubai. In October 2015, Mrs Kaylani was presented with The Honorary Global Exemplary Award for Leadership Development 2015 at the European Women Inventors & Innovators Network (EU- WIIN) International Con-ference & Awards Ceremony held at The British Library in London. This award was given in acknowledgment of her international achievements in promoting cultural and gender equality around the world and her extraor-dinary contribution to economic growth and to society. In May 2016, Mrs Al Kaylani received an award presented by the Jordanian Embassy in Lon-don on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Independence of Jordan in recognition of her lifetime work and service to Jordan and the Arab World. In January 2017, Haifa Al Kaylani became a Fellow of the Advanced Lead-ership Initiative at Harvard University as one of 46 global leaders selected for an intensive, multi-disciplinary program and yearlong Fellowship to re-search and address significant social problems, undertaking the Fellowship through 2017 to carry forward on a global level the mission to which she has devoted over three decades of her life – the empowerment and ad-vancement of Arab women and youth through job creation, entrepreneur-ship, education and economic empowerment, in the MENA region and in-ternationally. She was featured in Forbes Middle East’s LeaderBoard: Standing Out list of High Achievers in July 2017, recognised for her leadership of AIWF and her commitment as Founder Chairman to encouraging cultural exchange and understanding between communities and promoting gender equality around the world. In February 2018, Haifa Al Kaylani was included in the Muslim 100 Parliamentary Review and in March, she was honoured by the American University of Beirut and named amongst the leading women alumni recognised and featured in the book For All Conditions of Men: Stories of Women at AUB. In November 2018, Haifa Al Kaylani was the honoured recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Golden Shield Award presented by the Arab Women Council in Cairo, Egypt, for her exceptional efforts to enable and advance women and youth through education and economic opportunities in the MENA region and beyond.