Majid Sultan Al-Mismar
Director General of the Communications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority “ TADRA ” since July 2021, United Arab Emirates
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Name in Arabic:
ماجد سلطان المسمار
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Nationality:
Emirati
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Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates
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Majid Sultan Al-Mismar's Bio
Director General of the Communications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority “ TADRA ” since July 2021, United Arab Emirates.
He has been Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the ICT Sector Development Fund since 2017, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Dubai Chamber for the Digital Economy since June 30, 2021, and a member of both the Policy and Legislation Committee of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Council, and Emirates Council for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain,” the Executive Committee for Fifth Generation Technology, and the Supreme Committee for the “Mohammed bin Rashid Smart Education Program.” He is also a member of several national committees.
He has 30 years of experience in the field of communications, technologies, wireless networks, planning and development, project management, policies, strategies and regulations.
He was elected President of the Plenipotentiary Conference in 2018, chaired the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva in 2018, and led the team of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, currently known as the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority ( TRA ), to win the country’s hosting of the World Radio Conference. WRC - 23”.
He served as Deputy Director General of the Telecommunications Sector at the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority between 2010 and 2021, Acting Director General of the same Authority, Senior Vice President of the Emirates Telecommunications Group “ Etisalat ” for international special projects, Chief Operating Officer of Etisalat India, and President Technology Executive at Etihad Etisalat Company “Mobily” in Saudi Arabia.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1990 from Northeastern University in the United States of America. He is a graduate of the Future Leaders Program at the Emirates Telecommunications Group “Etisalat” in the executive category, and a graduate of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Program for Leadership Preparation in the government leadership category.




