Consultant · Anti-Corruption & Financial Crime
A Georgetown doctor of law and Qatar-licensed lawyer whose career runs through the World Bank's governance unit, the UN's anti-corruption bodies and the region's leading research institutions — Dr Al-Ansari consults on anti-money laundering, terrorism financing and asset recovery at the level where law meets statecraft.
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What She Advises On
Areas of Expertise
01International Criminal Law
Anti-money laundering, terrorism financing and counter-terrorism frameworks.
02Anti-Corruption & Asset Recovery
World Bank governance experience applied to international compliance and recovery frameworks.
03International Project Finance
Commercial law and business contract drafting, grounded in her Michigan LLM specialism.
04Research Leadership
Published scholar, peer-reviewed journal editor and international organisation representative.
The Foundations
Academic Qualifications & Recognition
Dr Al-Ansari holds a doctorate from Georgetown Law Center focused on anti-money laundering and terrorism financing, and an LLM in International Project Finance from the University of Michigan Law School. She is a licensed lawyer in Qatar with active practice authority, a graduate of the Qatar Leadership Centre programme, and a twice-recipient of the EED Award for educational excellence.
On the World Stage
World Bank & International Roles
Her international career includes the World Bank's Governance and Anti-Corruption unit at headquarters, appointment in 2015 as Permanent Secretary of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities, and representation of the State of Qatar before the UN, UNODC, OECD, the World Justice Project and ACAD — the rooms where global anti-corruption standards are actually written.
Scholarship
Research, Teaching & Publications
As Director of Legal Research and Studies at the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Centre (ROLACC) in Doha, she leads research and serves as managing editor of its peer-reviewed journal, having also established its specialised governance library. She has taught criminal law and procedure as a visiting professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, supervised Masters students on Qatar University's law programme, and held a fellowship at Georgetown's CIRS in Doha (2015–16). Alongside three published journal articles, two books are in their final stages — on the scope of anti-money laundering efforts in Qatar, and on terrorism and its financing.
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