Hilda Al-Hinai, New Secretary General of CASCI

NEWS FROM THE ARAB-FOREIGN JOINT CHAMBERS

Hilda Al-Hinai,

new Secretary General of the Arab-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CASCI)

Miss Hilda Al-Hinai was assigned by the Union of Arab Chambers as the new Secretary General of the Arab-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CASCI). Hilda has a long and outstanding career that stretches over two decades. Her last assignment was as Deputy Permanent Representative of Oman to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Director of the Sultanate of Oman office to the WTO. She has in-depth experience in various international organizations and has extensive knowledge of negotiations, especially at the WTO. She is accredited with the establishment of Oman’s office and participated in Oman’s accession negotiations to the WTO. Among the positions she has held was as a researcher at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Oman as Management Researcher, Director of the office of Undersecretary of Industry, Director of Industrial Inspection Department and Director of Industrial Development Department. Hilda has also other associations to her credit, among which is being member of the World Trade Organization Experts to provide technical support and advice to the acceding countries. She is also a member of the WTO Trade for Peace Initiative. In 2006, with the approval of the late Sultan Qaboos bin Said, she was decorated for being one of the “Distinguished Arab Women” by His Majesty the King of Bahrain during the first Arab Women Summit under the Arab League in Manama, Bahrain.

In 2022, she was decorated for her achievements in Public Services and Human Resources development, by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Hilda is an Omani citizen born in Zanzibar and holds a BA in Political Science and Economics from the University of Jordan. We, at the Arab-Hellenic Chamber, would like to seize this opportunity to congratulate Hilda on her new assignment and assure her of our full support.

All the best, Hilda.