Vice President at Total Exploration and Production - UAE.

After graduating from Miami University in the United States, Al-Hajji began his working life at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a short period, after which he moved to work at Citibank and then joined Gasco, one of the Abu Dhabi National Oil companies, before joining the Total Group to work at Total Abu Al-Bukhoush.

At Total, Abu Al Bukhoush rose to the position of Deputy General Manager in 2011, and then moved to Total Exploration and Production Company - United Arab Emirates - as Vice President of the company and Chief Strategy Officer - and he is also a member of the company’s Board of Directors in the Emirates.

While holding several positions in the company, in 2008, he established the Total Abu Al Bukhoush Academy in Abu Dhabi, which is considered the company’s pride for training and empowering citizens to work in the oil fields. He was also a member of Total’s Global Diversity Council in Paris for 6 years, and the council supervises the empowerment and development of citizens. And women in the countries where Total operates, which are 120 countries and employ more than 100,000 employees.

He also serves as Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the College of Science at the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain and Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the College of Management at the Colleges of Technology in Abu Dhabi. He is a former Vice President of the French Business Group, Vice President of the French Cultural Association in Abu Dhabi, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Manzil School for the Disabled, a member of the Advisory Committee of Du Communications, and a founder and main supporter of the Toastmasters Clubs in Abu Dhabi. Al-Hajji also supports environmental conservation projects and is a key participant in preserving dugongs, which are at risk of extinction, as the UAE is home to the second largest concentration of dugongs in the world after Australia.

He is a speaker on the topics of organizational leadership, management, and human resource development, and has participated as a speaker, presenter, and moderator in many conferences and live talk shows in the UAE, Europe, and the United States. He also holds many awards and certificates of appreciation at the personal, professional and institutional levels as part of his contributions to social responsibility and professional development.

He holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Miami in Florida in the United States, and a Diploma in Human Resources from the International Business School in Europe. He is fluent in Arabic, English and French.