Marwa Helmy is a cultural manager and researcher in cultural policy and cultural management. She is currently the manager of the British Council Egypt programme ¡°Towards a Creative Economy Framework¡±. From 2009 to 2017, she was the Deputy Manager and regional programmes manager in Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Taqafy), an Arab regional cultural organization. She was a member of the Egyptian Cultural Policy National Group. She holds a Master's degree in the management of culture and media from Senghor University and is also a translator, news editor. She has a diploma in journalism from the Training and Development Center for Journalists (CFPJ) in Paris, France, and is currently a PhD candidate in the field of cultural management and cultural policies. Since September 2017, Marwa has been a freelance consultant in cultural management and cultural policy and a member of the Culture Resource General Assembly.