Yousra is a sustainability professional with a background in project management, supply chain, and operational and commercial planning, bringing forth a wealth of experience working globally for blue-chip companies in 8 countries across the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. She is a skilled negotiator who has developed successful relationships with clients in governments and businesses.

Yousra started her career in oil and gas. Seeing the planet breakdown was depressing for her; the ecological crisis created an impetus for Yousra to move to sustainability and overturn the socio-environmental injustices. She recently completed a master’s degree in environment and sustainable development at UCL. She applied her experiences to sustainability research and uncovered regenerative solutions for the expelling of waste, tackling the degradation of nature, and reaching fairer distribution.

Yousra is passionate about gender parity and participation; she championed D&I in her workplace and received recognition for leading social programs and speaking at public events. Yousra is active in community networks advocating for equal rights for women and sometimes does stand-up comedy.