Her Excellency Souriya Otmani is the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Canada, and the Chairperson of African Women Diplomatic Forum in Canada 

She graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Mohammed V. in Rabat. She worked for the Department of School Education and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

She was a chairwoman of the Department of Development Finance Cooperation and then she became the head of the Organization for the Integration of Women in Development. She is the Vice President of the African Diplomatic Women Forum and a recipient of many National Awards.