Sheikha Reem Al-Thani is the acting deputy CEO of exhibitions, public art, and Rubaiya, as well as the director of Qatar Museums (QM). She leads a comprehensive team of museum professionals, which services all museums and galleries under the QM umbrella. Sheikha Reem also oversees the development and implementation of QM's expansive exhibition schedule that brings world-class programming to Qatar, and introduces Qatar's culture and emerging art scene to the rest of the world. Most recently, she has overseen the development of several successful exhibitions, including Forever Valentino; Dior Designer of Dreams; Jeff Koons Lost in America; Kaws: He Eats Alone; Making Doha: 1950- 2030 in 2019; Contemporary Art Qatar in St. Petersburg and Berlin 2018/2017; and Picasso-Giacometti in Qatar in 2017. Sheikha Reem is an adjunct professor teaching exhibition design at Virginia Commonwealth Qatar, serves on the IE School of Architecture and Design International Committee, served on the board of IN-Q Enterprises, and has 14 years of experience in museums and exhibitions.

Before her current role, Sheikha Reem was head of exhibition design, responsible for designing and producing all temporary exhibitions organized by QM. Before joining the QM Exhibitions Department, she was an exhibition designer at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art. Sheikha Reem is also a multidisciplinary designer who works on activating space through a human approach to design. In 2015, she became the first Qatari to hold a Master's in Design in Adaptive Reuse Interior Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design. Before that, she graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar in 2010 with a double major in Interior Design and Fashion Design.