A leader with 25 years of experience and passion for driving business transformation, change and outcomes with innovation and technology.

Recognized as the Top 10 CIOs in the Middle East for 2022 in the IDC Excellence Awards. Also, named one of the top 50 influential CIOs in the region by IDC in 2021 for enabling enterprise excellence by driving innovation, strengthening resiliency and shaping rapid organisational change in Jumeirah Group.

Winner of the Best Digital Design and User Experience at the Seamless Middle East Awards 2020, Innovation of Year 2013 award at Florida, USA and winner of the Terrapinn award for the best enterprise App 2012.

Head of IT at Jumeirah Group with a responsibility for driving digital transformation, analytics and technology outcomes for the Group.

Delivered a cognitive data lake and created an organically growing customer hub by capturing the digital footprint of Jumeirah’s customers across different touchpoints.

Led Transformation Office at Emirates Group to define the new business models, capability and platform for the digital enterprise.

As the Head of Innovation Lab at Emirates, built up an Innovation ecosystem by setting up Labs at Oxford – UK, Carnegie Mellon University – San Francisco and Emirates Headquarters – Dubai. In addition, setup the first travel incubator in the Middle East at DTEC, Dubai in collaboration with GE and Etisalat in an effort to crowdsource the best ideas to make travel simpler, better and more exciting.

Keynote speaker and panel member at several global event including the world’s largest developer conference – Intel’s IDF14 at Moscone Center, San Francisco, USA. CCE2020, San Francisco, USA and Oracle Hospitality Connect – CIO Panel 2021.

Member of Oracle Hospitality Executive Customer Advisory Board, Member of the Advisor Council of Kinect - Microsoft. Member of Intel Customer Advisory Board.A leader with 25 years of experience and passion for driving business transformation, change and outcomes with innovation and technology. Recognized as the Top 10 CIOs in the Middle East for 2022 in the IDC Excellence Awards. Also, named one of the top 50 influential CIOs in the region by IDC in 2021 for enabling enterprise excellence by driving innovation, strengthening resiliency and shaping rapid organisational change in Jumeirah Group. Winner of the Best Digital Design and User Experience at the Seamless Middle East Awards 2020, Innovation of Year 2013 award at Florida, USA and winner of the Terrapinn award for the best enterprise App 2012. Head of IT at Jumeirah Group with a responsibility for driving digital transformation, analytics and technology outcomes for the Group. Delivered a cognitive data lake and created an organically growing customer hub by capturing the digital footprint of Jumeirah’s customers across different touchpoints. Led Transformation Office at Emirates Group to define the new business models, capability and platform for the digital enterprise. As the Head of Innovation Lab at Emirates, built up an Innovation ecosystem by setting up Labs at Oxford – UK, Carnegie Mellon University – San Francisco and Emirates Headquarters – Dubai. In addition, setup the first travel incubator in the Middle East at DTEC, Dubai in collaboration with GE and Etisalat in an effort to crowdsource the best ideas to make travel simpler, better and more exciting. Keynote speaker and panel member at several global event including the world’s largest developer conference – Intel’s IDF14 at Moscone Center, San Francisco, USA. CCE2020, San Francisco, USA and Oracle Hospitality Connect – CIO Panel 2021. Member of Oracle Hospitality Executive Customer Advisory Board, Member of the Advisor Council of Kinect - Microsoft. Member of Intel Customer Advisory Board.