Mahmoud Mohieldin is an economist with over 30 years of experience in international finance and development. He serves as the United Nations Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and leads a group of prominent experts appointed by the United Nations Secretary General to promote solutions for resolving the debt crisis. Dr. Mohieldin is a Professor of Economics and Finance at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at the Cairo University, and a Visiting Professor at several renowned Universities in Egypt, Korea, the UAE, the UK, and the USA, he is also a Visiting Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Global Economy and Development Program at Brookings. Dr.Mohieldin joined a prestigious commission of Experts created by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and Columbia University’s Initiative for Policy Dialogue tasked with developing reforms to address the sovereign debt and development crises affecting countries across the Southern Hemisphere. He joined in March 2025 the Leadership Council of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).The World Academy of Arts and Science (WAAS) elected Dr. Mohieldin as a Fellow in 2024. He is also currently the Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Business of Economic Growth. Dr. Mohieldin is a Global Ambassador to the Race to Zero and Race to Resilience campaigns for the High-Level Climate Champions and was the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP27.