Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications in the UAE since July 5, 2020.

He serves as the Director General of the Prime Minister’s Office since February 2023, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Chamber for Digital Economy since March 23, 2021, Director of the World Government Summit since July 2016 and a member of its Executive Committee since 2014, and Deputy Managing Director of the Dubai Future Foundation since November 2017, and a member of its Board of Trustees.

He has been a member of the Future of the Digital Economy and Society group of the World Economic Forum since 2017, a member of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Chambers since June 26, 2021, the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority, and Chairman of the Advisory Board at the Mohammed Bin Zayed University for Artificial Intelligence, since October 2019, a member of the Emirates Competitiveness Council since December 15, 2020, and a member of the Emirates Genome Program Council since June 15, 2021.

He held the position of Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence between 2017 and 2020 (the first post of its kind globally). He also worked in several sectors, including the banking sector, telecommunications regulation, and the government and private sectors, where he served as Deputy Director of the UAE Prime Minister’s Office for the Future between 2016 and 2017, and Deputy Head of the Minister’s Office between 2015 and 2016. He worked in strategic planning in the “Office of the UAE Prime Minister” between 2012 and 2014, and held the position of Frequency Spectrum Research Officer at the “General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunications Sector” between 2011 and 2012.

He was Secretary General of the World Organization of Racing Drones between 2015 and 2017, and director of the World Drone Grand Prix.

He also participated in developing and implementing strategies, risk analysis, change management and scenario planning, including his contribution to preparing the “UAE Centenary 2071” strategy.

He was selected among the list of Young Global Leaders (YGLs) for the year 2022 by the World Economic Forum.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 2011 from the American University in Dubai, and a diploma in Project Management and Excellence in 2013 from the American University of Sharjah.

The documentation of Omar Al Olama’s marriage was unconventional, as he got married through a smart service center in Emirates Towers in Dubai, in the presence of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoumm, UAE Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai.