With a PhD on Management Information Systems of the Higher Institute of Management of Tunis and in collaboration with the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research in Artificial Intelligence (IRIDIA) of the ULB in Belgium in 2002, Boutheina Ben Yaghlane is a full professor at the Institute of Business Studies (IHEC) of University Carthage and senior expert on Business Development, Investment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation. In 20111, she was the head of the Master's degree in Entrepreneurial Engineering. Furthermore, Prof. Ben Yaghlane is a research director on Artificial Intelligence of the research Lab LARODEC at the Higher Institute of Management (ISG Tunis), she is also author of numerous research articles in specialized international journals and conferences.

Dr. Boutheina Ben Yaghlane has held several high-level positions: she was a General Manager of Tunisian Sovereign Fund “Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations” from April 2016 to August 2021. In 2015, she was Secretary of State to the Finance Ministry and from May 2012 to June 2013, she was an advisor to the Minister of Regional Development and Planning.