Speakers

Rania Dagash-Kamara is WFP’s Assistant Executive Director for Partnerships and Innovation. In this role, she leads the organization’s engagement and resource mobilization activities with global partners, international financial institutions and programme countries. She also oversees WFP’s expanding work in innovation. Prior to her appointment in February 2024, Ms. Dagash-Kamara served in senior roles within UNICEF, OCHA, IOM and the Department of Peace Operations (former Peacekeeping) including in the UN Office to the African Union and the UN Somalia Assistance Mission in Somalia. Ms. Dagash-Kamara brings close to 25 years of experience in the coordination of humanitarian emergencies and peace operations spanning Africa, Asia, the Middle East and UN Headquarters. Ms. Dagash-Kamara holds a Masters’ degree in Vernacular Architecture from Oxford Brookes University and a Bachelors’ degree in Architecture from the University of Khartoum, Sudan. She is married and has a son.