Maryam Al Mansoori is Managing Partner—Middle East, at the Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT). She is also the Founder and General Manager of Rebound, a company working in enhancing the supply chains of the circular economy. In addition, she is the Co Founder of Nirmata Capital, an ADGM based fund focused on futures.
In her GIFT role, she leads the institute’s regional strategy – originating partnerships, building relationships with government and private sector counterparts, and developing GIFT’s footprint across the Middle East.
Her career has spanned policy and enterprise. She spent over three years at the UAE Cabinet, where she co-managed the federal Diploma in the Art of Writing Public Policies and Legislations and drafted policy on economics and the environment that was approved by the Cabinet. The move to Rebound put her on the operational side of the questions she had been working on as a policy lead: how the state, the private sector, and global supply chains can be re-engineered for a circular materials economy.
Earlier, at the Mohamed Bin Zayed Majlis for Future Generations, she presented climate-related work directly to HH Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, designing a platform that brought young people into decision-making on food security.
Born in the UAE, she has been in public service since her school and university years, volunteering across government offices before moving into them formally. She holds a BA in Finance from the American University in Dubai. Her professional accreditations include Public Policy Analysis (London School of Economics), Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (National University of Singapore), and Strategic Policy Planning (International Centre for Parliamentary Studies, UK).