Chief Innovation Officer at the UAE Space Agency since January 2020, United Arab Emirates. He holds several positions at the UAE Space Agency, including: Director of the Director General’s Office since February 2020, Head of Organizations, International Relations and Partnerships at the Agency since August 2018, and Secretary of the Board since September 2017. He served as Acting Head of Government Communications at the UAE Space Agency between 2017 and 2018, and held several positions at the International Telecommunication Union in Switzerland, including: Member of the Radio Regulations Board between 2015 and 2018, Vice-Chair of the ITU Regulatory Aspects Committee between 2012 and 2015, Chairman of the ITU 150th Anniversary Committee between 2013 and 2015, Vice-Chair of the Fourth Study Group on Satellite Services between 2007 and 2012, and Rapporteur of Conference Preparatory Meetings between 2003 and 2007. He also served as the Head of Preparation for the 2018 Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union in the Gulf Cooperation Council between 2016 and 2017, Director of International Affairs and Relations at the Office of the Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in the UAE between 2015 and 2017, and Senior Director of International Affairs at the same authority between 2011 and 2015. He served as the Arab President of the International Telecommunication Union Plenipotentiary Conference at the League of Arab States between 2013 and 2014, in addition to working as an engineer and employee for ITU affairs at Emirates Telecommunications Company (Etisalat) between 2001 and 2006. He holds an Executive Master of Business Administration in 2017 from Zayed University , an Innovation Diploma in 2019 from the University of Cambridge, and a Bachelor of Wireless Communications Engineering in 2001 from Khalifa University .