Riad al Khouri, a Jordanian based in Amman, is

a graduate of l’Ecole internationale de Genève

who also holds a BA from the American

University of Beirut, and an MLitt from the University of Oxford, (both in Economics). Working in Arabic, English, and French, he has advised the World Bank Group (WBG), the UK Department for International Development, and many others, on economic issues, among numerous other topics. As a regional consultant for decades, Riad, among other activities, has covered most

countries in West Asia & North Africa, including as WBG consultant in Afghanistan, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey the UAE, and Yemen. Among his most recent WBG assignments as team leader were in 2021 on Doing Business & Country Reforms in Afghanistan, as well as in 2022 evaluating Financial Inclusion in Egypt.