Director General of the Sharjah Public Transport Corporation since 2003.

He has long experience exceeding 25 years in administrative, financial and legal fields related to the transportation sector. Al-Zari held several other positions, including: Director of the Dubai Branch and then Administrative Director at Emirates Transport. He also worked at the beginning of his professional career as an auditor and senior auditor in the Economic Sector Department at the Audit Bureau.

In 2003, he established the Sharjah Public Transport Corporation “Sharjah Transport” as the first government institution responsible for organizing and developing the public transportation sector in the Emirate of Sharjah. He contributed to the privatization of the operating system of the public transportation network in the city of Sharjah by granting concession rights to operate public transportation, which resulted in the year 2008 in the beginning of operations of public transportation buses in the city, which transport approximately 6 million passengers annually. This achievement is considered one of the best practices in the field of privatization of operation. Public transportation in the Middle East and North Africa region is according to the Net Contract system. The total volume of capital investments to develop this sector has reached about 80 million dirhams.

Al-Zari is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Transport Authority and the Board of Trustees of the General Secretariat of Endowments in Sharjah. He also participates in membership in the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Pacific Bar Association (IPBA). Al-Zari was honored by the International Union of Public Transport (UITP) in 2012, as one of the most prominent and influential figures in developing the field of transportation in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Al-Zari holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the UAE University and another bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Sharjah with an excellent grade. He is a certified arbitrator with the Sharjah International Commercial Arbitration Centre, a certified financial auditor from the Ministry of Economy, a certified internal quality auditor from AIB Fincott International, and a certified evaluator from the Dubai Quality Award.