Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Mashhadani

Iraqi economist and Professor of International Finance at Al-Iraqia University, where he has headed the Department of Digital Economy since 2025. He specialises in finance and international economic relations, with research spanning financial inclusion, public debt, fiscal sustainability, investment, and energy economics.

His advisory experience includes work with the Competition and Antitrust Council under the Prime Minister’s Office and government teams supporting industry and industrial project lending. He has also served as an economic adviser to the Iraqi Economic Council, chaired the Iraqi Private Banks League’s Academic Coordination Committee, and served on the advisory body of the Federation of Iraqi Chambers of Commerce.

He contributed to drafting Iraq’s Investment Law No. 13 of 2006 and draft legislation concerning public–private partnerships and the Reconstruction Council. He previously headed the Economic Studies Department at Mustansiriyah University’s Centre for Arab and International Studies.

He holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in Economics from Mustansiriyah University and has published books and research on Iraqi economic issues and international economic relations. He has also supervised postgraduate students, served on examination committees for master’s theses and doctoral dissertations, and presented research papers and lectures at national and international academic conferences.