Former Senior Vice President of Partner Relations at the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, United Arab Emirates.

He served as Senior Vice President of the Dubai Events and Conferences Bureau at the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, and Executive Director of the Business Tourism Sector at the same entity. He had started working at the department in 1996, where he oversaw the development of the tourism sector and the planning and implementation of international marketing programs to promote domestic tourism, and the development of trade and investment.

He obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from California Polytechnic University in the United States of America in 1993, and a Diploma in Business Administration from the same college in 1995.