Raja Al Mazrouei

Raja Al Mazrouei was recently appointed to the Advisory Board of Board Intelligence, a global advisory and technology group for board members. She brings more than two decades of experience across government, financial services, and innovation ecosystems to this governance role.

She is currently Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Credit Insurance, the UAE's federal export credit agency, a position she assumed following her appointment in late 2022, when she became Managing Director in November 2022 and Acting CEO in January 2023, before officially becoming CEO in September 2024. She holds several other board-level roles at UAE-based organisations, including at Al Ansari Financial Services, Zand, Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, Al Masraf, and Ittihad International Investment. Al Mazrouei is also Chair of the Harvard Business School MENA Advisory Board.

Education & Professional Development

Raja holds an MBA in Global Leadership and Management from the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and has completed executive education at renowned institutions including Harvard Business School, London Business School, University of California at Berkeley, Singularity University, and Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance. She has also completed executive education programs in Artificial Intelligence from MBZUAI (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence) and Venture Capital from the University of California, Berkeley.

Career History

• Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Credit Insurance (January 2023–present)
• Executive Vice President, DIFC FinTech Hive (late 2017–November 2022)—where she played a pivotal role in establishing one of the region's most successful FinTech ecosystems
• Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications, DIFC (2014–2017)
• Director of Operations, DIFC (2013–2014)
• Head of Information Technology, National Bonds Corporation
• Director of IT Relationships, Dubai Holding
• Director of Systems Development, Higher Colleges of Technology

Her exceptional leadership has garnered her recognition as one of the "Top 100 CEOs in the Middle East" (2023) and "100 Most Powerful Businesswomen" (2023) by Forbes Middle East, as well as being named among the "50 Most Influential Women in Middle East Finance" by Dow Jones' Financial News and as one of the Top 100 Women in FinTech by Innovate Finance.

What Raja Al Mazrouei could bring to Board Intelligence: Her extensive experience establishing and scaling fintech ecosystems, combined with her deep expertise in responsible technology deployment and institutional transformation, positions her to significantly contribute to Board Intelligence's mission of helping boards leverage AI for better governance. Her track record of building bridges between government entities, financial institutions, and technology partners—demonstrated most notably through her work at DIFC FinTech Hive—makes her well-suited to advise on how boards can responsibly harness innovation while maintaining effective oversight in the rapidly evolving technology landscape.