Ayat El-Dewary آيات الدويري

Strategic Philanthropy & Partnerships | Harvard SELP | Impact Investing | United Nations | Institutional Development & Advancement

20.9 yrs experienceHigher Education

NEWMay 2026Added 3 days ago

The move

MoveInternational Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC → New York University Abu Dhabi

TitleNAME Regional Lead, Private Sector Partnerships & Philanthropy → Associate Director of Development - Institutional Advancement

LocationDubai → United Arab Emirates

Career arcRecent arrival

Cross-border moveNo — same country

Years in UAE6.3

Total experience20.9 years

New York University Abu Dhabi headcount10,000+

New York University Abu Dhabi industryEducation And Schools

Associate Director of Development - Institutional AdvancementMay 2026 — Present
NNew York University Abu Dhabi
NAME Regional Lead, Private Sector Partnerships & PhilanthropyJul 2023 — Feb 2026
International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
NAME Regional Head of Private Sector EngagementOct 2022 — Jun 2023
International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC
RepresentativeMay 2021 — Sep 2022
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency· Qatar
Acting Head of OfficeOct 2019 — Apr 2021
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency· Qatar
Officer-in-ChargeMay 2019 — Sep 2019
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency· United Arab Emirates and Qatar
Senior External Relations OfficerMay 2018 — Apr 2019
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency· Qatar
Private Sector Partnerships Officer (MENA Region)Jan 2015 — Apr 2018
UNHCR
External Relations AssociateJul 2011 — Dec 2014
UNHCR· United Arab Emirates and Qatar
Special Assistant to the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative (RC/RR) GCC RegionMay 2008 — Jan 2011
UNDP
Consultant (MENA and Central Asia Regions)Nov 2007 — Apr 2008
United Nations OCHA
Intern (MENA)Nov 2006 — Jul 2007
United Nations OCHA
Head Teaching Assistant, Legal StudiesSep 2004 — May 2006
Carleton University
Regional Youth Coordinator (Atlantic Canada)Mar 2002 — Aug 2003
UUnited Nations Association in Canada· Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Carleton University
MA · Law2004 — 2006
Corporate Finance Institute® (CFI)
· Enviornmental, Social, and Governance SpecializationOct 2024 — Oct 2024
Woolf
Doctor of Philosophy · PhilanthropyMay 2025 — May 2028
Dalhousie University
BA · Combined Honours in International Development Studies and Social Anthropology2000 — 2004
Harvard Business School
Senior Executive Leadership Programme (SELP)2018 — 2019