Princess Noura bint Turki Al-Saud is the Founding Partner of AEON strategy, a sustainable development advisory firm based in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. She is also a Co-Founder of AEON COLLECTIVE, a non profit cross disciplinary initiative that advocates sustainable practices for inclusive and equitable development. She advises on the topics of Energy & Climate Policy, and leads Aeon’s sustainability track and social and economic development projects. She holds a masters degree in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) where she took an interdisciplinary approach to development and international cooperation. Her main concentration was in Urban & Social Policy, and then moved on to focus on Energy and Climate policy with a sub specialization in Earth Sciences. She has previously held the role of assistant director at The King Faisal Center for Research (KFCRIS) , a think tank based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and launched and headed the Unit on Energy Studies (Socioeconomics Unit today). She serves on the Advisory board of the King Abdullah University for Science and technology’s (KAUST) Circular Carbon Initiative, and is a member of the IEA’s Energy Efficiency Industry Advisory Board.