Dr Hania Farhan

Dr Hania Farhan is the Director of Research at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation in London. Before joining the Foundation, she worked as Director of the Middle East and North Africa region at The Economist Intelligence Unit, The Economist Group, in London. Prior to that, Dr Farhan worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC. Her previous professional experience includes working in investment banking in London and Johannesburg.

In South Africa she set up a research department at a newly formed "black economic empowerment" bank. Dr Farhan began her professional career as an economist at ING Barings where she covered the emerging markets of Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Dr Farhan studied at London University. She has a BSc degree in Economics (London School of Economics), an MSc degree in Economics (University College London), and a PhD degree in Economics (School of Oriental and African Studies).