Ms. Yara Faisal Sindi has more than 10 years of experience in strategy and alignment, business development, policy development, and rigorous monitoring evaluation and reporting for various stakeholders. She is the current General Manager of Monitoring and Reporting for Sustainable Development in the Saudi Ministry of Economy and Planning, where she is responsible for ensuring that the entities’ policies and initiatives are aligned with sustainable development principles and that progress is accurately measured and communicated.  Ms. Yara led the development of the 2nd Voluntary National Review report on the Kingdom’s progress towards the sustainable development agenda, with contributions from 150 national and international stakeholders, including the development of 200 case studies. She also spearheaded the development of 17 policy papers for the SDGs, expanded data coverage of SDG indicators by 30% through collaboration with 70 national and international custodian entities, and developed an SDG platform as a management and monitoring tool. She has reviewed and improved 15 national and international SDG reports.  Ms. Yara holds a MSc in International Business Management with Entrepreneurship and a BSc in Business Administration with Accounting. She has been acknowledged as a UN Global Compact Board Member, Hault Executive Leadership Certificate, Member of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital Economy (UNCTD), and Global Gender Equality Professional (World Bank).