Secretary General at the Advanced Technology Research Council since May 2020, United Arab Emirates.

He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the “ Edge Group ” since January 2022, a member of the “Emirates Research and Development Council” since September 2021, and a member of the Board of Directors of the “ Advanced Technology Research Council ” and the “ United Arab Emirates University ” since April 2021. .

He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Space Agency since October 2020, a member of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa University since April 2020, and a Managing Director of Axiom Telecom since January 2016.

Al-Bannai founded “ Axiom Telecom ” in 1997, where he served as CEO between 1997 and 2015. He also founded “ Dark Matter Company ,” where he held the position of CEO between 2015 and 2018, and Managing Director between 2018 and 2019. He also held the position of CEO and Member. Managing Director at Edge Group between 2019 and 2022.

Al Bannai has won a number of awards, most notably: the “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2005, which he received from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and the “Dubai Quality Award” in 2011. He also won the title of “Best Technology Personality of 2017” by “ Gulf Business Magazine.

“Gulf Business Magazine” ranked him among the list of the most powerful Arab figures for the years 2018 and 2019, and he was also classified among the list of “The Most Powerful CEOs in the Middle East 2021” by “ Forbes Middle East Magazine .”

He holds a Master’s degree in trade and maritime finance in 1997 from City University in the United Kingdom, and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance in 1995 from Boston University in the United States of America.