Zeinab Badawi

President

SOAS London University

Where do I participate?

  • Accelerating the SDGs – How can transformation succeed? • Setting: HSC main stage

Biography

Zeinab Badawi was born in Sudan. She has a BA Hons degree from Oxford University, where she is an honorary fellow, and an MA from SOAS, London University. In addition to a long broadcast career that includes programs such as Hardtalk and a 20-part BBC TV series on the history of Africa, Zeinab is President of SOAS, she sits on several boards such as the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, MINDS - the Mandela Institute for Development Studies, the International Crisis Group The Royal Opera House and the Arts Humanities and Research Council Zeinab has received many awards, honorary doctorates, and the British Academy’s President Medal. She has four children.