WAV Middle East: Rania Habiby Anderson

Rania Habiby Anderson, founder of TheWayWomenWork.com, is a leading expert on the professional advancement of businesswomen in developing and emerging economies and an executive coach. Originally from the Middle East, Rania has lived and traveled all over the developing world. Her early career success was at Bank of America, where she progressed to a senior leadership role. She left the bank in 1997 to start an executive coaching and consulting business. For the past seventeen years, Rania has coached businesswomen and businessmen around the world. Fueled by a deep belief that women are the key to global economic prosperity and a lifelong desire to eradicate gender inequality and help women thrive, in 2010, Rania founded The Way Women Work, an online career advice platform visited daily by hundreds of women from around the world. Rania is a global speaker, cofounder of a women's angel investor network, a devoted mentor, and a frequent contributor to business publications. She holds a master's degree in Foreign Service with an honors concentration in international business from Georgetown University and a bachelor's degree with a major in business from Oklahoma State University.