Chairman of the Board
His Excellency Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qatami
Director General of the Dubai Health Authority
His Excellency Humaid Mohamed Obaid Al Qutami was appointed as a Chairman of the Board and Director General of Dubai Health Authority in May 2015.
He was the UAE Minister of Education from 2009 until 2014. He also served as the UAE Minister of Health from 2006 until 2009.
His Excellency holds a Master Degree in Administration (1985) from Western Michigan University, USA.
During his career path, he held many leadership positions in the public and private sectors and assumed the chairmanship of the boards of directors of various governmental and private institutions in various sectors.
Al Qutami was the chairperson of many government authorities and institutions including the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources and the Board of Directors of the Emirates Transport (Emirates General Transport and Services Corporation).
He also served as a chairperson of several boards of directors of a number of academic institutions including universities, institutes and colleges, both public and private.
Al Qutami works as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Mohammed bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, as well as a member of the Abu Dhabi University Board of Trustees. He was the Director General of the Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (1991 -2006). He also served as a member of the advisory board of the UAE University, and the board of directors at George Mason University, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.
He has also served on several committees at the regional and global levels, where he received the membership of several councils, committees and executive offices at the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, and the membership at the Executive Council of the Arab Administrative Development Organization.
Mr. Humaid Al Qutami has contributed to the promotion and consolidation of the voluntary movement in the UAE through his many responsibilities in the voluntary sector. He contributed to the establishment of several volunteer associations as a chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Environment Friends Society, Sharjah Award for Voluntary Work and Emirates Volunteers Association.
He participated in a large number of national, regional and international conferences and presented a number of papers and lectures. He also served as a certified trainer and lecturer at the Union of Arab Banks, the Institute of Administrative Development and the Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies.
Vice-Chairman
His Excellency Nasser Khalifa Al Budoor
Assistant Undersecretary and Director of Dubai Medical District , Ministry of Health
Nasser Khalifa AlBudoor is the Director of the Foreign Relations and International Health Department, Director of the Minister of Health Office, Member of the Executive Board of the Health Ministers' Council for Cooperation Council States, and the person in charge for Medical Tourism in the UAE. He is a public health leader who has been actively involved in promoting Medical Tourism in the UAE since 1995. He is also a member of the UAE National Olympic Committee, the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Noor Dubai Foundation, and Secretary General for the UAE Federation of Boxing and Judo. Al Budoor is also a Board Member of Emirates Co-op and the Dubai Cooperation for Ambulance Services.
Mr. Al-Budoor has over 25 years of experience in public health issues, international health, healthcare economics, health policy, health legislation changes, health promotion and diseases prevention, health management development, as well as building collaboration between international and national public health agencies.
In addition to his role in the Ministry of Health, he has been in charge of Medical Tourism and actively involved in promoting it since 1995 in the UAE. In this regard, he has been a keynote speaker at several occasions about Medical Tourism and its potential impact of evidence-based standards on benefits for enrollees and health economics in the UAE.
AlBudoor had written many exclusive reports expressing the strength and weakness in Medical Tourism comparing different countries and different institutes. His writing is considered as international reference in this area.
Board Member
Mr. Abdul Fattah Sharaf
Group General Manager
Chief Executive Officer, United Arab Emirates &
Head of International
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
Abdulfattah Sharaf is a Group General Manager and the Chief Executive Officer, United Arab Emirates. He is also Head of International which covers Bahrain, Kuwait and Algeria. Abdulfattah is a Board Member of HSBC Bank Oman S.A.O.G. (HBON), HSBC Middle East Holdings BV (HMEH), HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA (PBSU) and HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA (PBRS).
Prior to his appointment as CEO UAE, he was the CEO Personal Financial Services, Middle East and North Africa, and responsible for all of HSBC’s Retail Banking business in the MENA region. He was also a Board member of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (HBME), HSBC Saudi Arabia Limited (IBSA) and Emirates Telecommunication Company
(Etisalat).
Before joining HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, Abdulfattah was Chief Executive Officer of NBD Securities, a subsidiary of Emirates NBD.
Abdulfattah is currently a member of the Higher Board of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and a Board member of the Noor Dubai Foundation. He is also a member of the Mastercard MEA Advisory Board and a Board Member of the Emirates Golf Federation.
Abdulfattah is a graduate of the Universityof Denver, USA.
Board Member
Mr. Ahmad Yousuf Habib Al Yousuf
CEO, Al Yousuf LLC
Ahmad Al Yousuf is currently the CEO of Al-Yousuf Group. He has a Bachelor Degree in Administration major in Marketing. Ahmad graduated from Webster University in St. Louis Missouri, May 1986 and joined his father’s firm on the very same year. He was appointed in 1986 as Deputy Chairman (Commercial), and 2005 as Chief Executive Officer.
In 2005 Ahmad became Chief Executive Officer of Al Yousuf L.L.C; a company that for more than 60 years has grown into a multi-million Dirham conglomerate covering operations ranging from motor vehicles, boat manufacturing, auto rental, real estate development, home electrical appliances, computer operating systems, electronics and transportation including taxi businesses. He became CEO taking full responsibility of the Real Estate portfolio of the group.
Apart from his executive position at Al Yousuf LLC, he is Member of the Board of Dubai Refreshments Co. (PEPSI), Gulf General Investments Co. (G.G.I.C.O), Sharjah Group, and Gulf Livestock Company in Ras Al Khaimah, Member of Juvenile Welfare Society and Member of Dubai Shopping Festival Committee (1996-1998).
Al Yousuf LLC has proved to be one of the reputed and leading business groups in the U.A.E. The group is now becoming an ISO certified company in sync with international quality.
Board Member
Mr. Ahmed Al Hammadi
CEO for Press Sector at Dubai Media Inc.
Emarati national holding a Master's degree in Management from the Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government, with over 20 years of experience in media in various forms (journalism, television, radio, magazines, outdoor advertising, digital media) in the world of media and advertising. Mr. Al Hammadi has worked for severalmedia organizations including Dubai Media Incorporated, Arab Media Group (Dubai Holding), British Bank for the Middle East and is fluent in Arabic and English.
He is a graduate of the first group of the Leadership Program in Dubai Holding and a graduate of the first group of the media leadership program of the Government of Dubai Media Office. He is a member of many international media organizations such as the WAN IFRA Global Platform, serving on the board of directors for the Middle East. He has held the position of CEO in several media companies both administrative and media roles and has contributed to the establishment of several media publications such as Emirates Today, Noor Dubai, Dubai FM, Era magazine, E 24/7, and Dubai Post.
Board Member
Her Excellency Shamsa Saleh
CEO, Dubai Women Establishment and Secretary-General of the UAE
Gender Balance Council
H.E. Shamsa Saleh began her career with Dubai Women Establishment
(DWE) in 2008, rising to the position of Director of Strategic
Development & Corporate Development, followed by Chief Executive
Officer in 2011. HE is also Secretary-General of the UAE Gender
Balance Council, which was established to support the UAE’s vision of
becoming a regional and international leader in gender equality.
Under her leadership, DWE has grown from strength-to-strength,
launching several key projects and initiatives which support the
Establishment's mission to enhance the crucial role of UAE women as
contributors to their society. These include Global Women’s Forum
Dubai, the first Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society event to be
held in the MENA region, the Arab Women Leadership Forum, Women
in Boards Initiative, Women Leadership Exchange Program, Emirates
Leaders Gathering and the National Child Care Centers Project, amongst
many more.
Prior to joining DWE, H.E. Shamsa Saleh served as Head of Corporate
Planning & Projects Management – Vice President Corporate Strategy at
Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX) from 2006 to 2008. HE
also worked as Strategy and Special Project Senior Analyst, as well as
Acting Manager in the strategy department at TECOM, from 2002 to
2006.
CEO & Board Member
Dr. Manal Omran Taryam
CEO and Board Member Noor Dubai Foundation
Dr. Manal Omran Taryam, is the CEO of Primary Health Care Service Sector, one of four main sectors at the Dubai Health Care Authority. The Sector is responsible for the planning and operation of all primary care services across the Emirate of Dubai, making the largest accredited network globally by the Joint Commission for International Accreditation for Healthcare Facilities. The primary care offers health and wellness services including Family medicine, Child health, Women Health, Elderly Health, School Health, Mental Health, Community and Preventive Medicine as well as Dentistry.
Dr. Taryam holds an MBBS from Dubai Medical College and the German board for medical specialization in Ophthalmology from Germany; she also holds a Fellowship degree in Retinal Surgery from the University of Cologne.
She currently serves as CEO and on the board of Trustee of the Noor Dubai Foundation, an NGO active in the field of blindness prevention, part of the Mohamed Bin Rashid Global Initiatives. The foundation contributed to helping over 27 million individuals around the world, providing preventive, therapeutic and educational training programs in underdeveloped countries to help the eradication of blinding diseases and improve the infrastructure for sustainable eye care programs. Under her leadership, the foundation earned the membership of the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness and three international certifications by ISO.
She also serves on the board of the Dubai Medical Strategy overseeing 15 programs part of the Dubai Health Authority reform strategy, in addition to the board for smart transformation at the authority, which resulted in awarding the Primary Health care service sector level 6 at HIMSS (Healthcare information and management system society) staging, through the facilitation of adaptation of smart services such as the EMR, Telehealth, Robotics and the IoT technology.
She is heading the healthcare and rehabilitation taskforce at the Dubai Disability strategy aiming to make the Emirate of Dubai disability friendly by 2021.
Most recently, Dr. Taryam led the sector into achieving the ACI making Dubai Health Authority the first primary care sector to achieve Diamond accreditation from the first survey. The teams also worked on improving service delivery to achieve eight international certifications by ISO.
Dr. Taryam is the recipient of many awards; she is twice the recipient of the Sheikh Rashid Award for Academic Excellence once in 1997 and in 2008. She is twice the recipient of the Dubai Government Excellence Award; categories included the Distinguished Female Employee in 2006 and joint venture category, for leading 3 teams of different authorities in 2016 to implement CSR and community programs. She also recipient of the L’officiel Arab Woman Award in 2012, and the LinkedIn power profile in 2016 and the Health Award in 2017.
