Zineb is a Master's candidate in International Affairs at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. She obtained a BA in Economics and Global Security at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco. Before joining the CCDP, Zineb has worked at UNHCR on Status Determination in Morocco and on private sector partnerships and fundraising in Geneva.

Prior to pursuing her Master's degree, Zineb has also worked at IOM in Prague helping with the implementation of an annual summer school. She is particularly interested in the militarization of Gulf monarchies, authoritarianism in North Africa, humanitarian logistics, venture philanthropy and other new resource mobilisation mechanisms.