Khaled Al Shehhi

Khaled Al Shehhi

Secretary General of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.

Name in Arabic:
خالد الشحي
Nationality: Emirati
Country of Residence: United Arab Emirates

Khaled Al Shehhi's Bio

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Secretary General of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, since 1 September 2026, United Arab Emirates.

He is the Executive Director of Marketing and Communications at the UAE Government Media Office, Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, since January 2021, and the Executive Director of Digital Marketing at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation and the World Government Summit.

He is a member of several professional councils and committees, including: membership on the board of directors of the Public Relations and Communications Association of the Middle East and North Africa PRCA MENA, membership on the Global CMO Growth Council, the Brands Council of the World Media Group, the Advisory Council of the New York Festival, and membership on the Strategic Council of the Middle East Public Relations Association MEPRA.

He served as the Executive Director of Digital Communications at the Public Diplomacy Office of the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, and as the Director of the Digital Communications Center Department at the same office.

He held several positions in the e& Group, including: Director of Managed Services, Senior Manager of IT Operations, Head of Technology at Etisalat Nigeria, and Senior Engineer of UNIX Systems.

He oversaw a number of national media campaigns, including the media campaign for the Hope Probe project to Mars, and the launch of the UAE's media identity Impossible is Possible, in addition to international campaigns to promote the country as a destination for business, talent, and capital, which were implemented in major capitals and cities including London, New York, Paris, Geneva, Zurich, and Munich.

As part of his work with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation, he contributed to the marketing and media campaigns for a number of initiatives, including the Arab Reading Challenge and Makers of Hope, in addition to the humanitarian campaigns launched during the month of Ramadan, including 10 Million Meals, 100 Million Meals, the Billion Meals Endowment, the Father's Endowment, and the Mother's Endowment.

Al Shehhi led government media campaigns that won more than 220 international awards, including three consecutive awards at the Cannes Lions Festival between 2021 and 2023, the Global Brand of the Year award at the AME Festival in New York in 2020, and fourth place globally in the Effie Marketing Competence Index for 2022. In 2026, Dubai Lynx named the UAE Government Media Office Advertiser of the Year, the first time a government entity has received the title in the festival's history.

He participated in judging a number of specialized awards in the fields of marketing and communication, including Cannes Lions, London International, Loeries, New York, EFE, Crista, PRCA, and MEPRA. He also chaired the judging panels for the 2023 Campaign Agency of the Year and 2024 WARC Middle East and Africa awards, and was the first government sector judge in the history of the Cannes Lions Festival.

He received the Advertising Person of the Year Award at the Dubai Lynx Festival in 2023, and he was named Advertising Person of the Year at Dubai Lynx and received the Loeries Marketing Leadership & Innovation Award, becoming the first Middle Eastern recipient in the show's 45-year history. He also received the Effie MENA honorary award in 2022, and the World Media Group award for 2022 in the field of leadership and innovation in content production, and was chosen among the PRovoke Media list of the top 25 innovators in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Campaign Middle East magazine included him in its Marketing Game Changer of 2020 list, and he was named PRCA Digital Professional of the Year in 2021. He was also included in Arabian Business's The Arab Power List 2021. In 2025, he was named Marketing Personality of the Year by Campaign Middle East and received the Digital Leadership award from the Middle East Digital Awards. He was also granted a fellowship by the Middle East Public Relations Association. In 2026, he was included in Forbes Middle East's Most Powerful Marketing CEOs in the Middle East list.

He holds an Executive Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University, an Executive Master of Big Data and Business Analytics from ESCP Business School, another Master of Laws in International Business Law from Pantheon Assas University, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Khalifa University. He also completed the Impactful Leaders Program of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development.

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