Dubai, UAE Responsible for setting overall vision and direction for the business of Emirates Group IT and inspiring its 2500+ strong workforce to deliver the vision Portfolio of responsibilities include strategy development, acquisitions, partnerships, governance, IT Innovation, process improvement, IT enterprise and solution architecture, IT securityand talent and capability development Highlights include leading the development of the digital vision 2025 for Emirates, steering the Innovation Lab for Emirates Group, setting up a world class Governance structure for IT including an IT Steering Board comprising the two Presidents of the Emirates Group, acquiring a company in Thailand to broaden the product portfolio of Mercator, implementing business led portfolio management for capital IT investments, implementing a comprehensive process framework for Emirates Group IT, developing the long term strategy for Emirates passenger reservation services platform which is at the heart of its Commercial and Airport operations and recently leading the divestment of mercator to Warburg Pincus Emirates 18 years Vice President IT Strategy and Architecture 2006 - 2013 (7 years) Dubai Responsible for Enterprise Architecture, IT Security, IT Strategy and quality management for the Emirates Group. Led the CMMI Level 3 certification of Emirates Group IT Setup and ran centers of excellence for mobility and Big Data Senior Manager IT, Airline Operations and Group Services November 1995 - July 2006 (10 years 9 months) Emirates Operational & Group Services Business Units, Two stints: 1995-2000 and 2003-2006 Responsible for the end to end provision of IT services and solutions to the mission critical Emirates Operational business units including Flight Page 3 of 5