Biography

One of the UAE's young leaders, H.E. Abdullah Ali bin Zayed Al-Falasi, has nearly 25 years of practical experience in various sectors with a number of government agencies at the local level in the Emirate of Dubai. He graduated from the Dubai Police Academy in 1994 and worked as a supervisor in the scholarship programme for various academic levels, which provided Dubai Police with many young competencies. In 2004, he served as Director of HR Department Planning, focusing on the development of HR management mechanisms and promoting technical transformation using the government's GRP system. He then served as Deputy Director of the Directorate General of HR at Dubai Police in 2007. From 2007 to 2010, the Dubai Police Regulatory Structures Committee appointed him as Vice Chairman. H.E. then moved to the non-governmental sector, working as Executive Director of Corporate Services for Nakheel Properties from 2010 to 2017. H.E. led many innovative projects in the fields of leadership, strategic planning, and government agenda; supervised the HR Accelerator Laboratory, which has produced important positive results on the process of localising jobs; and strengthened the status of the human element in the UAE. Since taking over as Director General of the DGHR Department in November 2017, H.E. has also chaired the Dubai Future Council on Talent, which is part of the Dubai Future Councils, with the goal of launching quality initiatives aimed at developing solutions to challenges at the national and international levels, as well as many other projects and initiatives that enhance the status of the human element and open up broad horizons for UAE cadres. In addition, he serves as chairman of the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government's board of trustees. At the community level, H.E. is the vice chairman of the board of trustees of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment, as well as a board member of the Dubai-based Dar Al-Bar Charity. In 1994, H.E. received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Dubai Police Academy.

Current Board Positions

Emaar Properties (P.J.S.C)

2024–presentBoard MemberIndependent

Board Meeting Attendance

Year	Company	Attended	Total	Rate
2024	Emaar Properties (P.J.S.C)	3	—	—

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