Non-Executive Board

His Excellency Dr Abdullah Bin Mohammed Belhaif Al Nuaimi was appointed UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment in July 2020. During his time in this role, he led the Ministry’s mission of spearheading the UAE’s drive to mitigate and adapt to the impact of climate change, and protecting the country’s ecosystems.

Adam Smith is the Managing Director of Polypipe Middle East - the region's leading provider of climate and water management solutions.

Professor Ghanim Kashwani gained his PhD Civil Engineering a PhD in Civil Engineering by the Heriot-Watt University, Scotland – UK. He is a Fellow Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng-FICE) by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)-UK

Harry has led the Jacobs-CESC partnership for the last two years facilitating the involvement of a wide range of Jacobs staff in support of joint initiatives, webinars, panel discussions, workshops and an ongoing Eng.Doc. He is a Chartered Environmental Consultant with 25 years’ experience in environmental management across multiple sectors and is Jacobs Technical Director for Environmental Services in the Middle East.

Hend Al Marri, CEO at Dubai Land Department, has extensive experience in strategic and financial leadership, with duties comprising strategic planning, business development, performance management, international relations, financial management, and project management.

In her role as the Mott MacDonald Middle East unit Technical Excellence Leader, Iman’s objective is to drive the excellence mission in the region through a focus on safeguarding quality, and unleashing digital innovation to solve our construction industry’s challenges.

Dr Jumah Rashid Al-Mazrouie has served in various capacities within Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects including as senior director of projects delivery and projects reliability assurance.

Maged El Hawary was appointed the ASGC Group Chief Information Officer in 2020. Prior to this, Maged was the Controls Director at ASGC and has contributed to the success of the company through implementation of innovative tools, project planning, cost control and risk management.

Dr Olisanwendu Ogwuda holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Abertay University. As Centre Manager for CESC, he leads all strategic relationships between Heriot-Watt University, Dubai and the Built Environment and GeoEngery sectors.

Dr Sabih G Khisaf is well known in the GCC for his contribution to the construction industry within the region, he is a regular contributor to the regional industry events.

Tala Al Ansari is the Director of District 2020’s Innovation Ecosystem and Scale2Dubai Programme.

Graduated with a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering from the UK. Waddah is an SME on Governance and Leadership and High Reliability Organisations. He is the Hon Chairman for the Energy Institute – Middle East and is also the Chairman of the Platform for Connected Leadership , Dubai, UAE.