Ms. Arouna Roshanian
Economic Development Expert

Ms. Arouna Roshanian was born in Iran in 1978 and grew up in Italy since early age; her interest to the MENA region is based on both personal and professional background, the latter since joining the OECD-MENA Investment Programme in 2006 (and until 2009), working as a Policy Analyst on Investment policy reforms and Responsible business in the Private Sector Division. In this context, she conducted studies and meetings across MENA countries, aimed at developing a regional network for policy dialogue for enhancement of investment climate at regional and domestic level. She also cooperated with relevant partner institutions on the launch of the MENA Responsible Business Conduct Forum.
Currently she lives and works in Jordan with UNDP-Iraq as Economic Development Expert in the Private Sector Development Programme for Iraq, a multiagency UN programme designed with Iraqi stakeholder (public and private) and other international partners in an effort to create and enable an effective, coherent, and comprehensive framework for private sector development in Iraq.
Formerly, Ms. Roshanian worked with public and private organizations such as the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Italy as Economic Advisor on International Financial Relations, the Italian Export Credit Agency (SACE), UNIDO and TELECOM Italia S.p.a.
Ms. Roshanian holds a Master degree of II Level in European Studies and Global Affairs (ASERI-School of Economics and International Relations, University of Milan) and BA-Master I Level in Economics and Business Administration (LUISS University of Rome).



 

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