Fowzia Hassan has been working in the World Bank for more than 28 years. Her vast knowledge in the infrastructure sector comes from working in regions like Africa, South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific Islands, Middle East and North Africa, and Latin America. Fowzia wears two hats, one as a Senior Energy Operations Officer and the second as a gender expert. In her capacity as the gender expert and task team leader in energy, she has designed many energy projects revolving around gender prosperity and inclusion within the sector and creating employment, including in fragile and conflict countries. She is now leading the Africa Gender Energy Program, ensuring to create and foster sustainable economic opportunities for women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), through the projects being prepared. Fowzia is a Pakistani national and holds a Bachelor’s degree in economics, a Master’s in economics, and an Master of Business Administration from Wales University.