CEO of “ Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park ” since December 2015, United Arab Emirates. He is the CEO of the “ Business Corporation of the American University of Sharjah” since 2015, and the honorary founder and president of the “ Sharjah Development Forum ” since 2000. He served as Director General of the “Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry” between 2008 and 2015, and Chairman of the “Emirates Business Council for Sustainable Development.” Between 2009 and 2015, he worked as a senior business development advisor at Shell in North Africa, the CIS countries and South Asia between 2005 and 2007, and as Marketing Communications Director at the Dubai Creative Clusters Authority between 2000 and 2002. He was also the founder of the Bridge Consultancy INC group. And its president between 2010 and 2014. He won the “Middle East Award for Excellence in Executive Personalities” in 2013 in the commercial sector development category, from the “Middle East Excellence Award Institute.” He holds a Master’s in Business Administration in 2012 from the “ American University of Sharjah .” He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Communications from Seattle Pacific University in the United States of America.