Hend Mana Saeed Al Otaiba is an Emirati government official who served as the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to France from 2019 to 2024.
[1][2] Al Otaiba obtained her undergraduate degree in London, where she studied psychology.
[7][8] During her time at the TDIC she oversaw cultural programmes and also worked with the French on the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
[9][10] In 2019, she was appointed as the first director of the strategic communications department at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
[18][19] She was succeeded in France by Fahad Saeed Al Raqbani, who was previously the UAE Ambassador to Canada.