Former Minister of State between February 2016 and July 2020, United Arab Emirates. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology, after being Vice Chairman of its Board of Directors. He also held the position of Minister of Environment and Water, and Secretary-General of the Standardization Organization for the Gulf Cooperation Council. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the American International Society for Testing and Materials between 2007 and 2009. He holds a doctorate in civil engineering, specializing in environmental health in 2001 from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, a master’s degree in environmental sciences in 1994 from the United Arab Emirates University, and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 1989 from Northeastern University in the United States of America.