Assistant Director General at Dubai Digital Authority , United Arab Emirates.

He has been the CEO of the Dubai Data Establishment since 2016, Vice President of the International Councils for Sustainable Development Goals concerned with implementing Goal No. 11, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy since June 30, 2021.

He is also a member of the Emirates Council. for Artificial Intelligence , a member of the Board of Trustees of the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, a member of the Higher Committee of the Dubai Cashless Initiative, and a member of the Dubai Media Council.

As a founding member of the Open Data Committee since 2014, and CEO of Dubai Data since 2016, Younis has overseen the creation of data governance models for city-related decision-making and data sharing standards. He also launched the Data Champions Network across government and semi-government entities, established the first open data sharing platform, Dubai Pulse, and helped shape the future of the city’s data ecosystem through the development of a private sector engagement strategy.

Younis also contributed to dealing with the Covid-19 crisis in Dubai, as a member of the crisis command and control centre.

Prior to his current positions at Dubai Data Establishment and Dubai Digital Authority, he was Director of Security Projects and Systems at Dubai Electronic Security Centre, where he managed digital and mission-critical systems, data processing and analysis programmes.

Graduated from the Business Information Technology major at the Higher Colleges of Technology .