Ghada Mohammed Al-Khater has worked in diverse fields gaining relevant experience in the areas of finance, sports, and biomedical science. She began her career working for the Ministry of Economy and Finance as a Researcher of Administrative Affairs in the Public Budget Dept. where she participated in preparing the budget for the State of Qatar (2003 – 2008) . She was a member of Restructuring and Re-engineering of Financial Policies, Systems and Processes of the State of Qatar Ministry of Finance (Singapore) (2007-2008). As the Head of Development & Projects (HR Department) for the Olympic Committee, she led several important projects including HR's strategy implementation and monitoring. One of her greatest achievements is the “Automation of Performance Appraisal System & Integration with Competency Profiling”.
Al-Khater has been working with Qatar Foundation in 2010 to date. She began her stint with the HR department, successfully leading various recruitment-related projects and representing QF both locally and internationally. In 2013 she was nominated for the role of Head of Business Support at Qatar Biobank where she in charge of human resource, finance, planning, facility management and procurement. She has participated in several communication and awareness related activities and was assigned the position of Secretary of the Board of Trustees.
Al Khater served as the Project Manager for the inauguration of Qatar Biobank, which was inaugurated by HH Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser, a responsibility of honor entrusted to her by the higher management. She took over as Operations Manager in QBRI in 2015, joining the leadership team. She mainly manages human resources and procurement and also ensure effective and close working relationship within the three research centers of QBRI and HBKU, as well as the various directorates within Qatar Foundation.
She was among the first batch of graduates from HBKU to receive an Executive Masters in Strategic Business Unit Management from HEC-Paris Qatar Branch Campus (in 2014). Additionally she holds a Bachelor's degree in English Literature from Qatar University.