Dr. Hessa Al Jaber is the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology, ictQATAR. In her nearly six years of leadership at ictQATAR, Dr. Hessa has led Qatar's ICT strategy across sectors, spearheading major initiatives in government, education and business.

She has overseen the liberalization of Qatar's telecommunications market, ushering in an era of choice and competition, and directed the modernization of Qatar's ICT infrastructure. Passionate about ensuring that the benefits of technology reach all sectors, Dr. Hessa has led numerous initiatives to make Qatar a more inclusive society through ICT.

She has spearheaded the modernization of Qatar's government through ICT, streamlining processes, making government more transparent and accessible to its people, and also launching an online portal to the government, Hukoomi. She is also leading Qatar's initiative to build the first high-capacity satellite "E'Shail" to be launched in 2012. Dr. Hessa has been instrumental in the creation of Mada, an assistive technology center that serves persons with disabilities in Qatar, as well as initiating a host of national programs that empower women and youth, and protect children online.

Prior to becoming Secretary General, Dr. Hessa was a member of the Strategic ICT Committee, responsible for shaping Qatar's national ICT strategy. She was also previously the IT advisor for Qtel and served as Chair of the Computer Science Department at Qatar University.

Dr. Hessa is a member of several Boards, including the Board of Regents of Qatar University, the Board of Governors of the American School of Doha, Qatar Financial Markets Authority, the Network of Global Agenda Councils of the WEF, and GAID Board (The Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development, an initiative approved by the United Nations Secretary-General in 2006).

She holds a Bachelor of Science (Engineering) from Kuwait University and Master's Degree and Ph.D in Computer Science from George Washington University, Washington, DC.