Her Excellency Amna Fikri was officially appointed as the UAE Ambassador to Finland and Estonia in September 2022 and June 2024 respectively.
Concurrent to her role as an Ambassador, Ms. Fikri has been serving as an Economic Advisor to Minister of State HE Ahmed Al Sayegh since October 2022. As an Advisor, she is responsible for securing UAE economic and trade interests and delivering the necessary support to facilitate foreign investments growth and outbound trade and exports.
HE Amna Fikri previously served as Director of the Economic and Trade Affairs (ETA) Department at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs from August 2020 to October 2022, as Deputy Director of the ETA Department from April 2019 to July 2020, and as Senior Policy Analyst and Head of the Policy Analysis Section at the Policy Planning Department from March 2016 to March 2019. She also served as a Secondee to the Office of Foreign Minister His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan from September 2019 to June 2020.
She holds a Master’s in Social Policy and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Postgraduate Diploma with Honorable Distinction in UAE Diplomacy and Foreign Policy from the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy, and a Bachelor’s degree with Honors in International Relations, with double minors, from the American University of Sharjah.
Ms. Fikri is a keen reader of literature and is an art and music enthusiast. She is also an amateur photographer and enjoys playing sports.
