Leila Benali
Chief Economist, Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation
Leila Benali is the chief economist and head of strategy, energy economics, and sustainability at the Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation. She is an international expert in energy, strategic planning, investments, finance, and energy diplomacy. Benali joined APICORP from Saudi Aramco where she was in charge of the company’s energy policy and gas strategy. Previously, she was director for the Middle East and Africa at IHS, in addition to a professor at Sciences Po and an industrial engineer at Schlumberger. She chairs the Arab Energy Club and has published numerous papers and books on energy, reforms, and sustainable wealth. Benali holds an MS in Industrial Engineering from Mohammadia Engineering School in Rabat, Morocco and the Ecole Centrale Paris, in addition to an MS in political science and a PhD Summa Cum Laude in energy economics from Sciences Po in Paris, France.
