Ms Mai Shalaby
Senior Sustainability Manager
Expo City
Mai Shalaby is a sustainability professional and educator with more than 14 years’ experience across Egypt, India, Kenya and the UAE.
At Expo City Dubai, Mai is responsible for the city’s annual Sustainability Report as well as rolling out policies and guidelines for sustainable events across the organisation and internal education and training across the sustainability team’s priority areas, including waste management and accessibility. She previously led on the delivery of the award-winning Expo City Farm, which was a showcase for sustainable and regenerative agriculture launched during COP28 and retained until May 2024, serving as an engagement hub for the UAE community and youth.
Her prior roles include positions at The Nile Project, the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Eedama and Falcon and Associates, with responsibilities ranging from programme and educational content development and project management to stakeholder engagement, museum curation and workshop facilitation.
Mai holds a master’s degree in economics in international development and a bachelor’s in actuarial science from the American University in Cairo.
