Dr Leila Benali is the Kingdom of Morocco’s Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, appointed by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in October 2021.
She is an international expert in the field of energy with over 20 years of specialized experience in strategy, finance, and engineering. In 2019, she was appointed to the country’s Special Commission on the Development Model (SCDM) mandated to rethink the kingdom’s development trajectory. She has worked with large international companies in her career, including Saudi Aramco, the World Economic Forum and the Arab Investment Company in Petroleum (APICORP).
