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H.E. Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman
Governor,
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His Excellency Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman
is the Governor of Dubai International Financial
Centre (DIFC).
In 2008, HE Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman was appointed as
the Vice Chairman of the UAE Central Bank, a
position with the rank of Minister in the Federal
Government of the UAE.
Under his leadership, Dubai International Financial
Centre significantly raised its profile as a leading
global financial centre. DIFC is today home to over
800 companies, which include many of the world's
leading financial services companies. Between 2004
and 2006, HE Dr. Bin Sulaiman was Director General
of the DIFC Authority, where he played an
instrumental role in promoting and attracting global
financial institutions to the Centre. He remains a
member of the DIFC Authority Board. He also played a
key role in the development and successful launch of
the first international financial exchange in the
region, Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX),
which was rebranded as NASDAQ Dubai in November
2008.
HE Dr. Bin Sulaiman is the Managing Director of the
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) and Dubai Culture
and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) in addition to
being a Board Member. He is also the Chairman of the
Young Arab Leaders (YAL), the Arab region's foremost
development platform for business, public sector and
civil society leaders.
He is a member of the Advisory Council, the
high-level economic advisory body established by the
Dubai Government; the Dubai Supreme Fiscal
Committee; and the Economic and Trade Committee
established by the Executive Council of Dubai.
Before joining DIFC, HE Dr. Bin Sulaiman was the CEO
of Dubai Internet City (DIC), a subsidiary of TECOM
Investments. He led the development of DIC into a
major Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
industry cluster. At TECOM, he also founded new
industry clusters such as Dubai Outsource Zone, the
first of its kind in the world. He was also the
co-founder of Dubai Knowledge
Village.
His other key positions include Vice-Chairman, Dubai
Real Estate Corporation; Member, Economic and Trade
Committee established by the Executive Council of
Dubai; Chairman of the Board of Governors, The
Capital Club; Member, Seoul International Business
Advisory Council (SIBAC); Founder, The Hawkamah
Institute for Corporate Governance; Member of the
Board of Trustees, Dubai School of Government;
Member, Young President’s Organisation; and
Vice-Chairman, Dubai Autism Center. He also founded
the DIFC Centre of Excellence.
He is also a committed patron of the arts, and
established the first contemporary art fair in
Dubai, Art Dubai, which he heads as Chairman.
HE Dr. Bin Sulaiman holds a Doctorate in Leadership
and a Master of Science in Education from University
of Southern California (USC), a Master of Business
Administration (MBA) in Finance from Golden Gate
University in California and a Bachelor’s degree in
Industrial Engineering from the University of Miami,
USA. He is married with two children.
Board Membership and Affiliations:
- Chairman, DIFC Investments LLC, the investment
arm of DIFC;
- Board Member, Institute of Management
Development (IMD), Lausanne (www.imd.ch);
- Board Member, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid
Establishment for Young Business Leaders
(www.sme.ae);
- Board Member, Dubai Technology and Media Free
Zone Authority (www.tecom.ae);
- Board Member, Knowledge Endowment Fund, Dubai;
- Board member, Empower, the Emirates Central
Cooling Systems Corporation (www.empower.ae);
- Board member, Etisalat - the international
telecommunications provider in the UAE (www.etisalat.co.ae);
- Board member, Etisalat Misr, Egypt (www.etisalat.com.eg);
one of the international telecom providers in
Egypt;
- Member of the Board of Trustees, Dubai School
of Government (www.dsg.ae);
- Vice-Chairman, Dubai Autism Center (www.dubaiautismcenter)
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Courtesy DIFC
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