Ms. Radia Sedaoui is a senior international development leader with 30 years of experience in energy, sustainable development, and climate change. She is an internationally recognized expert in energy policy and economics, oil and gas, carbon management, climate finance, renewable energy, energy efficiency, electricity connectivity, and hydrogen.
She has led the Energy Section at UN ESCWA since 2016. Previously, she served as Head of the Statistics and Gas Modeling Department at the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in Qatar. Earlier in her career, she held several senior positions at Sonatrach in Algeria, including Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs, Head of Portfolio Management, and board member of Sonatrach’s international affiliates in upstream, midstream, and trading.
Ms. Sedaoui holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, a master’s degree in petroleum economics, and an MBA.