Rania Dagash-Kamara is the WFP’s Deputy Executive Director for Partnerships and Innovation. In this role, she leads the organization’s engagement and resource mobilization efforts with global partners, international financial institutions, and program recipient countries. She also oversees WFP’s ever-expanding work in the field of innovation. Prior to her appointment in February 2024, Ms. Dagash-Kamara held senior positions at UNICEF, OCHA, IOM, and the Department of Peace Operations (formerly the Department of Peacekeeping Operations), including at the United Nations Office to the African Union and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia. Ms. Dagash-Kamara has nearly 25 years of experience coordinating humanitarian emergencies and peace operations in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and at United Nations headquarters.