Dubai, United Arab Emirates - June 28, 2012, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Dubai Holding announced the establishment of the board of directors for TECOM Investments.
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Abdullah Sharafi was named Independent Chairman.
Mr. harafi is President of Gerab National Enterprises LLC. He has vast banking and entrepreneurial experience and a solid knowledge base in monetary and applied economics.
Mr. Sharafi’s career started at the Emirates Industrial Bank where he worked and lead various departments for over 21 years.
Mr. Sharafi chairs the Board of Directors at Acacia Investments BSC in Bahrain, and is a Board Director at Dubai International Capital LLC, Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad, and Takaful Re Limited.
The company announced that other members of the board are Arif Alharmi, Independent Director; Ayesha Sultan, Independent Director; Ayesha Sultan, Independent Director; Adrian Bradley, Executive Director; and Abdullatif AlMulla, Executive Director.
Mr. Alharmi is Chief Executive Officer of Amlak Finance PJSC. In addition, he is Chairman of the Board of Amlak Finance Egypt and EFS Financial Services. He is also member of the board of Awqaf and Minors Affair Foundation.
Mr. Alharmi has more than 20 years of experience in leadership roles at leading international financial institutions including HSBC and ABN AMRO.
Ms. Sultan is the Director of Corporate Strategy at DP World. She joined DP World in 2004, and has since held senior positions in Business Development and Corporate Strategy.
Prior to working with DP World, Ms. Sultan worked with PA Consulting Group in the UK and France. Ms. Sultan holds an MSc. in Operational Research and BSc. in Mathematics and French from the University of Southampton, UK. Ms. Sultan has completed the Dubai World Leadership Program with Wharton University.
Mr. Bradley is the Chief Financial Officer of Jumeirah Group. Prior to joining Jumeirah, Mr. Bradley worked with London & Regional Hotels, following an 11-year career at Hilton and an early career at PepsiCo and Millicom. Mr. Bradley is a member of the UK’s Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Mr. AlMulla is a successful business leader with track record spanning over 17 years of which seven years in top leadership position with TECOM Investments as the Group CEO as well as Vice-Chairman. ■