Hoda Al Hashemi
Assistant Minister of Cabinet Affairs for Strategy Affairs since May 12, 2021.
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Name in Arabic:
هدى الهاشمي
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Nationality:
Emirati
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Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates
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Hoda Al Hashemi's Bio
Assistant Minister of Cabinet Affairs for Strategic Affairs since May 12, 2021 , United Arab Emirates.
She has been the Head of Government Strategy and Innovation at the Cabinet since July 5, 2020, the Executive Director of the Mohammed bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation since September 2014, the Chairperson of the Global Innovation Council, and a member of the Board of Directors of Emirates NBD since February 23, 2022, and Emirates Islamic Bank since February 23, 2022.
She is a member of the Higher Committee of the Mohammed bin Rashid Smart Learning Program, a member of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Council, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hamdan bin Mohammed Innovation Award and the Dubai Women Establishment , a member of the UAE Gender Balance Council since 2016, a member of the Board of Directors of the Digital School and the Palmwood Foundation , and a member of the Advisory Board of the Emirates Center for Innovation in Communications and Information Technology (Ebtek), located at Khalifa University.
She held the position of Assistant Director General for Strategy and Innovation at the Prime Minister’s Office in the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future between March 2016 and July 2020.
She has held several government positions, having worked at the Executive Office of the Government of Dubai since its establishment in 2001, where she held several positions, including Director of Creativity and Development between 2005 and 2006. She was responsible for government innovation within the main team that supervised a number of strategic projects in the Government of Dubai .
She then assumed the position of Director of the Government Sector Development Department at the “ Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai ” between 2007 and 2009, and held the position of Founding Executive Director of the “Dubai Government Consulting Office” between 2008 and 2010. She was also Executive Director of the Strategy and Policy Sector at the “Prime Minister’s Office” between 2011 and 2016, and previously worked at the “Dubai Civil Aviation Authority”.
She received the Sheikh Rashid Award for Excellence in Business and was selected as one of the judges for the MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 Award 2019.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 1999 from the Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE. She is also a graduate of the London Business School and a graduate of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Leadership Program.




