Founding Member and Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Friends of Cancer Patients Association , United Arab Emirates.

She is a member of the Governance Board of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.

She is the first woman to hold a ministerial position in the history of the UAE, having held the positions of Minister of State for Tolerance, Minister of International Cooperation and Development, Minister of Foreign Trade, and Minister of Economy.

She was also Chair of the Board of Trustees of the International Institute for Tolerance , President of Zayed University , Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation and Nawah Energy Company , and a member of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Foundation for Youth Development .

She also served as Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority, Head of the Executive Team at Dubai eGovernment, CEO of the Tejari Market, Director of Information Systems Management at both the Dubai Ports Authority and Jebel Ali Free Zone , and Director of the Dubai branch of the General Information Authority.

She received the Clinton Global Initiative's Global Citizen Award in the Government Sector in 2015, the first Emirati woman to receive this honor. She was also made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 2013, a Commander of the Order of Civil Merit by King Juan Carlos I of Spain in 2011, and received the Gold Medal of the President of the Italian Republic in 2009.

She has also received numerous awards and titles, including the "Gender Balance Personality of the Year Award" at the fifth edition of the Gender Balance Index in November 2023, the "Stella Re Award" granted by the Fondazione Sanrito Re Rebudinge in Italy, the "Minerva Award of Italy" in 2005, the "British House of Lords Award" in 2004, the "American Business Award" in the same year, and the title of "Goodwill Ambassador" in 2003.

Forbes Middle East magazine ranked her among the "10 Most Powerful Arab Women in the Government Sector" in 2017, 2016, and 2015. She was also ranked among the "100 Most Powerful Women in the World" in 2015 and the "200 Most Powerful Arab Women" in 2014. The same magazine ranked her among the most powerful Arab women in its "100 Most Powerful Women in the World" list in 2010.

She holds four honorary doctorates in various fields, including science from Chico University in the United States, law from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, economics from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in South Korea, and an honorary doctorate in humane letters from the Lebanese American University .

She holds an Executive MBA from the American University of Sharjah in 2002, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Chico University in the United States of America in 1981.