Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gulf Boat Manufacturing Company “Gulf Craft” , United Arab Emirates. He is a founding partner in the “Al-Shaali Agricultural and Animal Development Company” in the Syrian Arab Republic, and owns 500 50% shares in the company, worth 5,000,000 Syrian pounds. He was a member of the Board of Directors of “ Ajman Bank ”. He joined the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1974 and rose through the ranks, reaching the position of Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, where he worked in the General Department of Political Affairs. He assumed the position of Deputy Head of the Department in 1977, responsible for the Arab and Gulf Affairs Department, and Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy in each country. From Vienna and Tunisia, he was ambassador and director of the Arab World Administration between 1982 and 1984, a delegate of the UAE mission to the United Nations, a permanent delegate of the UAE to the organization, and the country’s representative in the UN Security Council between 1986 and 1987. He also held the position of Chairman of the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, Vice-President of the United Nations General Assembly, then non-resident ambassador to Canada between 1986 and 1992, then ambassador extraordinary to the United States of America between 1992 and 1999, and non-resident ambassador to Mexico. Between 1993 and 1999. He worked in the office of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then he was appointed delegate of the UAE and head of its permanent mission to the United Nations office in Geneva. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management and Economics in 1974 from Beirut Arab University.