Raja Al-Gurg
Managing Director and Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group.
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Name in Arabic:
رجاء القرق
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Full name:
Raja Issa Saleh Al-Gurg
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Date of Birth:
1955
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71 Year)
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Nationality:
Emirati
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Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates
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Raja Al-Gurg's Bio
Emirati businesswoman.
She holds the following positions:
- Managing Director and Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of " Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group ".
- Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Fujairah since March 18, 2020.
- Vice Chairperson of the Board of Trustees at the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences .
- Chairwoman of the Audit and Risk Committee at the Federal Customs Authority .
- Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Al Jalila Foundation since April 2013.
- Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Charity Foundation.
- Chairwoman of the Dubai Business Women Council since April 2003.
She has been a member of the Board of Directors of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited , Dubai Academic Health Corporation , and Dubai Chambers since June 26, 2021. She has also been a member of the Dubai Government Economic Council, the Women's Renaissance Association , and the Arab International Women's Forum. She has also been a member of the Board of Trustees of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University since 2015, the Jordanian Business Council in Dubai, the University of Dubai , the Mohammed Bin Rashid Global Initiatives Foundation, and the UAE-UK Joint Business Council.
She is also a member of the British Bank of the Middle East, the Advisory Board of Coutts Bank, a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, the Federal Customs Authority, and the National Advisory Board of the College of Business Sciences.
She served as Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Dubai Healthcare City between 2012 and 2020.
She joined the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group in 1989 as a member of the Board of Directors and also served as a member of the Executive Office of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry .
She was ranked 28th among the 100 most influential Arab figures by Gulf Business Magazine in 2018, and was listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the 100 most powerful Arab businesswomen in 2017. The magazine also included her in the list of the 100 most powerful businesswomen worldwide in 2015. She also ranked first on the same list of the 200 most powerful Arab businesswomen in family businesses in 2013 and 2014. She was also ranked fifth among the 100 most powerful Arab businesswomen in 2012, and was ranked 58th globally in the list of the most influential Arabs in the Arabian Business Magazine report in 2012. She was also ranked fourth on Forbes’ list of the most powerful Arab businesswomen in 2006.
She received the Excellence in Leadership Award from the Global Thinkers Forum for Excellence in 2014, the Stevie Award for Businesswomen in October 2011, an Appreciation Award from the Federation of Gulf Chambers in 2010 for her support and participation in the activities of the Federation’s committees, an Appreciation Award from the Al-Warf Institute for Humanities in Washington as the Person of the Month in September 2010, and the Different World of Excellence Award from the International Alliance for Women in 2009.
She also received a certificate of appreciation from Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid at the World Bank Conference, a certificate of appreciation from the UAE-Germany Economic Partnership Forum in 2005, and from the Dubai-Osaka Economic Partnership Forum in 2005, in addition to the title of Woman of the Year for 2003 by Datamatix.
She was included in the "Pioneers in Philanthropy" list for 2025 after announcing his donation of $11,716,621 to "Tbarkam Hayat Campaign", and the establishment of "Innovation and Technology Center" in "Dubai Health".
She holds an honorary doctorate in literature from Amity University in India, an honorary doctorate in 2018 from Queen's University in the United Kingdom for her work in the field of business administration and trade relations, and a bachelor's degree in English literature in 1977 from Kuwait University .




