Basma Ammari

Basma Ammari is the Director of Public Policy for the MENA region at Meta. She leads a team that focuses on tech regulations and policies, promotes platform integrity, and supports innovation ecosystems. By practice, Basma is an international development and public policy professional with over 20 years of experience, having worked at the World Bank in Washington DC, Africa and MENA, as well as with social impact organizations and governments in those regions. Basma worked across several sectors and contexts, from education, to health to community development and across several countries, including in conflict and post conflict zones in West and East Africa and the Middle East. Prior to Meta, Basma served at the Prime Minister’s Office of the UAE as advisor in Strategy and Innovation. She has a Bachelors in Economics and Finance and holds an MBA degree.