Ouided Bouchamaoui

Born in 1961, Ouided Bouchamaoui is a Tunisian businesswoman and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. Following the Tunisian revolution, she became the leader of UTICA, first woman elected to this position, and served as its president from 2011 until January 2018.

In September 2013, she co-formed the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, which played a crucial role in Tunisia's democratic transition. The Quartet was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015. Since 1988, she has been a shareholder and director of Hédi Bouchamaoui Group (HBG Holding).

Recognized as one of the Top 25 Business Women in Africa by Jeune Afrique, she was awarded the “Best Businesswoman of the Arab World” in 2013, under the auspices of the G8 Deauville Partnerships. She also won the Oslo Business for Peace Award in 2014 and she received in December 2015, the “Legion d’Honneur” from the French President, Mr. François Hollande.

Mrs. Bouchamaoui continued her education with leadership courses from the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network in 2020 and earned a master’s in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School in 2022. From 2020 to 2021, she directed the master’s program “Prevention, Arbitration, Resolution of Conflicts” at HEIP, Paris. In August 2023, she became an advisor in business and a coach in negotiation and crisis management. By April 2024, she was appointed Professor of Practice of Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution and Director of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution at NYU Abu Dhabi.