Minister of Sports effective July 14, 2024, United Arab Emirates.

He has been the President of the Higher Colleges of Technology since July 2024, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the UAE Space Agency , and Secretary-General and Member of the UAE Supreme Space Council since October 7, 2024.

He has been the Chairman of the General Sports Authority since 2021, the National Entrepreneurship Council since December 14, 2020, and the Sports Coordination Council since April 19, 2021. He is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Olympic Committee since 2021 and the Emirates Development Bank since 2020.

He is also a member of the “ Ministerial Development Council ”, represents the space sector in the “National Committee for Science, Technology and Innovation”, and a member of the Advisory Board of the “Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence ” since October 2019.

He was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Development Bank on September 5, 2020.

He served as Minister of Education between May 22, 2022 and July 14, 2024, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises between July 5, 2020 and May 22, 2022, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the UAE Space Agency between 2017 and 2021, Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills between February 2016 and July 2020, CEO of Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company "Masdar" between 2014 and 2016, and Chairman of the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources between 2017 and 2020.

He also held the position of Executive Director of Strategy and Tourism Sector Development at the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai , a member of the Executive Committee at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Development Bank between 2013 and 2016.

He was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Central Cooling Company (Tabreed) and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) between 2016 and 2021, Vice President of the Aerospace and Engineering Services Unit at Mubadala, a consultant at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, and an assistant professor at Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research.

Registered with the Australian Patent Office for a patent on the fourth generation of mobile phones.

He holds a PhD from Monash University in Australia, a Master’s degree in Communications Engineering from the University of Melbourne in the same country, and a Bachelor’s degree in Communications Engineering from Khalifa University of Science and Technology.