Chairman of the " Architectural Heritage Society ", United Arab Emirates. He is a board member of the "Engineers Association", head of its architectural committee, and a founding shareholder in the "Architectural Heritage Society". He has a program on heritage architecture every Saturday on "Sama Dubai". He is also the Chairman of the "International Council of Museums", UAE branch, the Chairman of the "International Council on Historic Sites and Monuments", UAE branch, a member of the "GCC History and Archaeology Society", and a member of the "Culture and Science Forum" in Dubai. He held the position of Executive Director of the Architectural Heritage Department at the " Dubai Municipality ", and was a member of the " Federal National Council ". He worked as a project and planning engineer at Dubai Municipality in 1987, and also held several positions in the same entity, including: Head of the Historic Heritage Buildings Restoration Unit in 1991, Head of the Historic Buildings Section in 1995, Assistant Director of the General Projects Department in 2001, Director of the General Maintenance Department in 2003, Director of the General Projects Department in 2004, Director of the Architectural Heritage Department in 2008, and Director of the Architectural Heritage and Antiquities Department in 2015. He has more than 34 years of experience in the fields of urban and engineering planning, management and supervision of modern engineering and architectural projects, where he supervised the restoration of more than 216 historical buildings in the Emirates, in addition to supervising the design and implementation of more than 200 modern projects including universities, colleges, public buildings, parks and public services, the most important of which is Zayed University. He also designed and completed 13 modern heritage museums in Dubai. He has authored more than 16 research papers and studies in the field of architecture, urban heritage and project management, and participated in writing and publishing 35 books in this field, the most important of which are: "The Reference Book of Elements of Traditional Architecture", "Old Houses in Dubai", "Dubai Brief and History", and "A Collection of Children's Stories". He also participated in judging more than 11 architectural projects. He won many awards, including: "Best Architect Award in the Arab World" from the "Arab Towns Organization" in 2010, "Sustainability Leader Award in the Gulf States" in 2008, "Emirates Appreciation Award for Science" in 2008, dedicated to the engineering branch, and "Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities Award" in the field of preserving urban heritage. He also won the "King Abdullah II Award for Architecture", the "Arab Towns Organization Award for Greening", the "Pioneer Award in the Field of Sustainable Architecture" in 2008, the Cultural Heritage Award from "Cityscape", the "Rashid Award for Scientific Excellence" in 2002, the "Best Government Employee Award" at the level of Dubai government departments in 1998, and the "Best Supervisory Employee Award" at the level of Dubai government departments in 1999. He holds a Master's degree in Architecture, specializing in the restoration of historical buildings, in 2001 from the "University of Manchester" in the United Kingdom, and a Bachelor's degree in Architecture in 1986 from "Syracuse University" in the United States of America. He also completed the Leadership Preparation Program in 2007 from Dubai School of Government in the United Arab Emirates.