Dr. Nehal Hefny joined the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (the Movement) in 1997 as a volunteer. Since then, she has held several positions in the Movement and worked in various areas including health and first aid, disaster risk reduction and community resilience, community-based programs, at national, regional, and global levels. Before taking up her current position as the Deputy Regional Director for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in MENA region, Dr. Hefny was the Head of Delegation of IFRC in Jordan since 2021. Prior to that, Dr. Hefny was the Head of the Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) Delegation for Lebanon and Jordan from 2019 to 2021. Prior to that, she was the Under-Secretary General of the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) from 2016 to 2018 where she led and implemented the ERC’s strategic development process. She was also the ERC’s Head of Programs and Projects from 2014 to 2016 and its Programs and Projects Coordinator from 2008 to 2014. Dr. Hefny has also represented the Movement at various international events such as the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai in 2015 and in Cancun in 2017, and she presented the “Health Care in Danger Project” (HCiD) to the African Union in Addis Ababa in 2014. She was a member of the Movement Reference Group for Safety and Security of Health Services, and she has been elected to represented North Africa at Pan African Coordination Team (PACT) since 2013. She served as a Medical Doctor at the Ministry of Health in Egypt from 2001 to 2007 and as a Medical Doctor at the Egyptian Forensic Medicine Administration from 2007 to 2012. Dr. Hefny holds a bachelor’s degree in Medicine from Cairo University, and post-graduate degrees in Public Policy and Executive Management from the American University in Cairo. She is an Egyptian national and is fluent in Arabic and English.