Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak

Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak (Arabic: رزان خليفة المبارك ) is the Managing Director of the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD). In 2018, the World Economic Forum selected her as one of the top 100 Young Global Leaders for her contribution to building a more sustainable future for humankind. Razan Al Mubarak is also the Managing Director of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund – a philanthropy providing grants for the protection of endangered species worldwide, and the Managing Director of Emirates Nature–WWF—a UAE-based affiliate of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). As head of the EAD, she has overseen the successful breeding of captive Scimitar-horned oryx in Abu Dhabi and reintroducing them back into the wilderness, thus seeing a species that was listed as Extinct in the Wild now increase its numbers in their natural habitat.

In recognition of her global role in the field of environment and conservation, in 2018 the World Economic Forum selected her as one of the top 100 young sector leaders who contribute to building a more sustainable future for humankind, appointing her as Young Global Leader of the Forum.

In 2013, the Abu Dhabi American Chamber of Commerce awarded Razan the "Women in Business" award for "demonstrating exemplary leadership and accomplishment by pushing barriers, overcoming challenges and setting an example of perseverance and professionalism."

Razan Al Mubarak is currently the Managing Director of the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD). Employing over 1,000 people, the EAD is a government agency responsible for environmental regulation, conservation and promotion of sustainable development in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Appointed in 2011, she was the first woman to serve as Secretary General and was promoted to its Board of Directors in 2018 by the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

In 2008, she became the founding Managing Director of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund (MBZ Fund) – a UAE–based philanthropy supporting direct species conservation worldwide. Since its inception in 2008 to November 2019, the MBZ Fund has supported more than 2,041 projects in 150 different countries benefiting 1,341 different species and subspecies and made a significant impact on species conservation globally.

In 2001, Razan helped establish Emirates Nature–WWF (EN–WWF)—a UAE affiliate of the WWF. She is currently its Managing Director.

Under Razan, the EAD played a key role to reintroduce the Scimitar-horned oryx into the wild in Chad. In 2000, the Scimitar-horned Oryx was officially declared Extinct in the Wild by the IUCN Red List. Beginning in 2016, efforts by the EAD together with the Sahara Conservation Fund, Zoological Society of London, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, and the Government of Chad have successfully released 200 oryx that were bred in Abu Dhabi into the wild in Chad. In 2017, the reintroduction effort reported a number of successes including the first calves born in the wild in decades.

Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak was born in 1979 in Abu Dhabi. She is the daughter of Khalifa Ahmed Abdulaziz Al-Mubarak, a former UAE ambassador to France who was assassinated in 1984 in Paris by the Abu Nidal Organization terrorist group and Sameera Al Khamis. Razan's grandfather was the Ahmed Abdulaziz Hamad Al-Mubarak, former judge and chairperson of the Shari'a Judicial Department in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Razan has three siblings: Rasha; Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Managing Director of Mubadala Investment Company; and Mohamed Khalifa Al-Mubarak, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority.