Minister of Economy since 5 July 2020, United Arab Emirates.

He is the Chairman of the “Etihad Export Credit Company” since November 2021, the “General Civil Aviation Authority,” and the “Emirates Council for Investors Abroad.” He also chairs several councils and committees, including the “Emirates Council for Small and Medium Enterprises", “The Industry Coordination Council,” the “Council of Emirati Companies Investing Abroad,” the “Supreme Committee for Consumer Protection,” the “National Committee for Follow-up of the Investment Climate Program,” and the “Coordination and Economic Cooperation Committee.”

He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation, and a Board Member of the Federal Center for Competitiveness and Statistics.

He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Center for the Development of Islamic Economy, the Securities and Commodities Authority, Secretary General of the UAE Cabinet between 2017 and 2020, CEO of the Dubai Future Foundation during 2017, and Director General of the Executive Office of Sheikh Mohammed. Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and member of the board of trustees of the Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government, and served as a member of the board of directors of the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship.

Bin Touq joined the “Ministry of Cabinet Affairs” in 2007 and rose through the ranks, where he worked as Executive Director of the Excellence and Leadership Sector between 2014 and 2016, Director of the Infrastructure and Environment Policies Department between 2013 and 2014, and Acting Director of Governance and Development of the Government Sector between 2013 and 2014, and Supervisor of Review and Development. Organizational structures between 2011 and 2013, chief advisor between 2010 and 2011, and assistant project manager between 2007 and 2010.

He also assumed the task of supervising a number of vital projects in the Emirate of Dubai, including the “Hatta Development Project,” in addition to supervising the “Sheikh Khalifa Government Excellence Program,” and launching the fourth generation of the government excellence system for the “Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Award for Excellence in Government Performance.” “And the relaunch of the Mohammed bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development and the Arab Strategic Forum, in addition to his supervision of the Area 2071 project, the launch of Dubai 10X, and the second and third cycles of the “Dubai Future Accelerators.”

Bin Touq worked on several development policies and strategies, including the National Agenda, the UAE Vision 2021, and the artificial intelligence strategy in the UAE. He also supervised several projects, including the “Arab Strategic Forum,” which was launched in 2001 as a platform for anticipating the future.

He served as a member of the Global Agenda Councils of the World Economic Forum between 2012 and 2016. He also worked as a civil engineer in the Wasl Access Management Group between 2005 and 2007.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in 2005 from the University of Sheffield in the UK, and is a graduate of both the UAE Government Leadership Program and the Mohammed bin Rashid Program for Leadership Preparation.