H.E. Noor bint Ali Alkhulaif is the Minister of Sustainable Development and Chief Executive of Bahrain Economic Development Board of the Kingdom of Bahrain. She previously served as the Assistant Undersecretary for Economic Affairs and prior to that as the Director of the Information and Economic Indicators Directorate at the Ministry of Finance and National Economy. H.E. started her career in the private sector as a statutory auditor and later assurance advisor with Deloitte LLP in the United Kingdom, where she worked for over 7 years.

Minister Alkhulaif holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Economics from the same university. She is a Chartered Accountant (ACA) certified by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) since 2011. She is also a recipient of the Bahrain Crown Prince International Scholarship Program.

H.E. Alkhulaif is a member of the Supreme Council for Women and the Civil Defense Council, a Trustee of the Isa bin Salman Charity Educational Endowment and is a member of the Boards of the Labour Fund “Tamkeen”, the Small Medium Enterprises Development Board and the Higher Education Council, among others.