Her Excellency Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari

Member of the Board of Governors

Her Excellency, Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari is the Advisor to the Prime Minister of the State of Qatar, advising on Public Health Affairs. She was appointed to the role in November 2024.

Prior to her advisory role, H.E Dr. Hanan served as the Minister of Public Health for the State of Qatar from 2016 to 2024. In addition to her Ministerial role, H.E Dr. Hanan was the Managing Director of Qatar’s leading public health provider, Hamad Medical Corporation, from 2007 to 2024.

Her Excellency is the Chairperson of numerous boards, including the Academic Health System International Advisory Board, the Hamad Healthcare Quality Institute International Advisory Board, and a number of other committees at the Ministry of Public Health. She is also a Co-Chair for the Joint Advisory Board of Weill Cornell Medicine, Vice Chair for the Board of the Qatar Precision Medicine Institute and a member of the Qatar University Board of Regents, Sidra Medicine Board of Governors, Board of Directors of Qatar Foundation for Social Work as well as Qatar Foundation’s Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council. In October 2018, Her Excellency was elected as an international member of the United States’ National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

Following completion of a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in healthcare management, she obtained a PhD in Healthcare Management from Brunel University in the UK in 2002.