Hadeel Ibrahim is the founding Executive Director of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, which was established in 2006 to support leadership and governance in Africa. In addition to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Hadeel is a member of the boards of Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS), Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice, 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, the Governing Board of the African Governance Institute (AGI), and the co-chair of Africa Central in New York. Hadeel is also a member of the advisory boards of Africa 2.0, a member of Amnesty International's Secretary General's Global Council, and MIT Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship. She is a co-opted member of the Royal African Society Council, member of the British Council Provocation Group, is leading an anti-corruption review, and is a patron of Restless Development, a youth led development agency.