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Najat El Mekkaoui de Freitas is a leading economist specializing in the economics of aging, demographic changes, and social protection and security programmes.  She holds a professorship and senior research fellowship at the University Paris Dauphine-PSL (France) and is affiliated with the University Mohamed VI Polytechnique (Morocco) and NOVA IMS (Portugal).

She was distinguished research fellow at Oxford University (Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment) and is currently senior research fellow at the University Paris Dauphine Economic Department (France), at the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (Spain) and at the Economic Research Forum (Egypt).

Her expertise is widely recognized through numerous publications, including books, reports, and academic papers in her field.  Notably, she founded the annual International Conference on Pension, Insurance and Savings in 2001, collaborating with prestigious universities worldwide (Harvard University, the University of California at Berkeley, Oxford University, NOVA IMS, Renmin University, Hitotsubashi University).

Her influence extends beyond academia, holding key leadership positions in national and international organizations.She served as scientific adviser for the Ministry of Social Affairs and the National Employment Studies Center (France), and as an expert for the World Bank, and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.  She also served as a board member of the CDG Prevoyance and as a member of the National Council of Human Rights (Morocco). 

Currently, she is involved with the International Academy on Social Security (ILO) and with the Bank-Al-Maghrib (member of administrative council and President of the Social Funds committee).