He has a track record of solid achievements throughout his career and adopted a holistic view of the local business market, including the real estate sector, with a wide network of local and regional relationships in the business field.

He started his career in 1990 working for Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and later moved to Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) in 1998, where he was designated various top-level positions. In September 2017, he worked as Managing Director of Abu Dhabi National Islamic Finance (ADNIF), the Islamic banking arm of National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD). He left ADNIF in May 2012 devoting himself to chair and manage his own growing business including Sama Emirates Properties and its group of companies, as well as chair – being a founder partner – Reportage Properties and its group of companies and subsidiaries.

He previously held board membership of Manazel Real Estate Company, Khalifa Support Fund for Small and Medium and Small Enterprise (Bedaya) in Abu Dhabi, National Health Insurance Co. (Daman), Burooj Properties (subsidiary of ADIB), Abu Dhabi Islamic Financial Service Company (subsidiary of ADIB) and Abu Dhabi National Properties, ADNP (subsidiary of NBAD).

He led the talent management function across the ADWEA group companies, where he was a strong advocate for employee learning and development and was credited for transforming the company culture into a vibrant place to work. He managed to attract and retain the best talent available in the market by implementing an integrated talent management program.

One of Ismaeil’s major contribution has been the opening of a dialogue between ADWEA headquarter and the foreign shareholders (IWPP) through the establishment of the Emiratization office. Under his leadership a comprehensive framework was designed and agreed and served as the foundation for meeting government targets. This has resulted in greater accountability, transparency, stronger collaboration, and increased effectiveness in meeting Emiratization KPIs and reinforcing ADWEA position as the nation leading employer for UAE Nationals.

Ismaeil earned a bachelor’s degree in Business and Public Administration – -California State University, and a Master’s degree in Mergers and Acquisitions from the UAEU University. He is currently completing a Doctorate in the area of Leadership and PHD Candidates of 2022 from UAE University.

Ismaeil is a member of several professional bodies. He achieved a world class international organizer certificate, also he obtained many positions such us Executive Manager of Abu Dhabi Chess Club. he is recently a appointed head of many different committees in different organizations.

He also completed the Leadership for the 21st Century program at the John F Kennedy School of Government in Harvard. Before his appointment as Secretary General, Mr Dennehy held many key senior positions within the ministry.

He served as Assistant Secretary General with special responsibility for European and International Affairs, Assistant Chief Inspector of schools, prior to which he was a teacher and a school principal. Mr Dennehy led Ireland’s Education Presidency of the European Union in 2004.

From 1999 to 2006, Mr Dennehy was Chairman of the Education Committee of the OECD in Paris. He served as Director of International Development Ireland’s (IDI) Educational Services Division from 2007 until 2012. During this period, he worked as an education and public policy advisor with Ministers and Ministries in many countries across the Middle East. From 2012 until 2016, he worked with the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) as Senior Advisor to the Director General and Head of the Office of Planning and Strategic Affairs (OPSA).

Prior to joining CERT, Dr Baka served as a CIO for the Energy sector in Abu Dhabi where he led multiple digital transformation programs and directed cross-government initiatives such as the Smart-Grid and Cyber-Resilience. During this time, he occupied additional Executive roles including the position of Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the Board.

Dr Baka has authored numerous scholarly publications during his (7) years tenure at Imperial College (London) after which he played a key role in the European Strategic Program in Information Technology (ESPRIT) between 1992- 1999.

He serves on several international boards including, Henley Business School (UK), Jönköping Business School (Sweden), NYU Engineering Board (Abu Dhabi). He was appointed Chairman of the Emirates Center for Innovation at the UAE University, where he cultivated international partnerships with global innovation centers. Dr Baka also served on the editorial board of the “Springer” book series on Technology and Knowledge Management. He was later appointed a “Fellow” of the Institute of Directors (UK).

Dr Baka completed his PhD in Computer Engineering at Bristol University and attended several executive education programs at MIT Sloan and Harvard Business School. He was recognized by IDC as the Middle East most prominent CIO.

For three decades Dr Kamali has spearheaded education, training, research and applied technology programmes in the UAE and Middle East regions. This has been achieved by establishing and leveraging relationships with global leaders in academia, business and government. Dr Kamali founded the Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training (CERT) in 1996, the commercial, research and training arm of HCT. Dr. Kamali was a Fellow at the Pembroke College in UK; a founding Board Member of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP); a member of the World Economic Forum’s Regional Agenda Council on the Middle East & North Africa; a 2012 Rolex Awards for Young Laureates Jury member, and a member of the Cleveland Clinic International Advisory Board. Dr Kamali is a board member of a number of institutions including the Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government, the Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi School of Management, Gulf Medical University, The Boston Initiative, Outward Bound

UAE, and the Emirates Cricket Board. He also chairs the Academic Committee for the MBR School of Government, as well as the Selection Committee for Emirates Cricket. He is a NonExecutive Board Member at the Gulf Islamic Investments, and NIMAI Capital.

Dr Kamali holds a Doctorate in Engineering from George Washington University, USA and an honorary Doctorate in Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada. He also holds a number of qualifications from the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, USA, including an MBA (concentration in Aviation), a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Aircraft Engineering. He has received many education and leadership awards throughout his career including France’s highest award for education, the Ordres des Palmes Académiques in 2006 and the Human Resource Leadership Award from the World Human Resource Development Congress in 2006 and 2009

He instructed at Sandhurst and then, on promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, served on the personal staff of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin, then Chief of Defence Staff, from 1979-81.

In 1991 he was promoted to Major General and appointed Commandant of The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was responsible for designing a completely new course and was responsible for integrating women into the main stream of the Academy. He resigned from the Army in 1994 to take up the appointment of Director (the equivalent of Principal) of Goodenough College, a college for 650 international postgraduates in London. After 12 years he moved to become Chairman of United World Colleges, a group of 12 international schools stretching from Costa Rica to Hong Kong.

General Toyne Sewell became the Founding Chairman of the Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition in 2002. He was also Chairman of the Kyiv Festival for several years. He is a Vice President of Haileybury and was chairman of Lambrook Haileybury School until 2008. He was on the Board of the British International School in Casablanca from 2017-2020.

He was on the Council of Queen Mary, University of London from 1996-2004 and Chairman of the executive committee of Disability Sport England from 1999-2000. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London in 2000 and granted the Freedom of the City in 2006.

In his spare time he leads expeditions for Lewis Pugh, the extreme swimmer and environmentalist, and has taken expeditions to, amongst other places, Norway, The Maldives and Everest

Tim Toyne Sewell is married to Jenny and they have two adult children. He is a keen sportsman, and enjoys fly fishing, music and painting. He lives in Hampshire.

Before joining HCT, at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, he established and led the KAUST Innovation Fund, the venture fund supporting the university’s pipeline of technology based startup projects and investing in high-profile international technology companies.

For over a decade, Nicola co-led EonTech Ventures, an independent Luxembourg-based venture capital fund focused on European early-stage technology companies, as Founder and Managing Partner. He has also spent a substantial portion of his career as a management consultant at Arthur D. Little, in the Paris and Milan office, where he was a member of the Global TIME (Telecommunication, Information, Media & Electronics) practice. In 2011, as co-founder, he participated in the establishment of a venture capital fund in Russia.

Along his career, he has served as a member of the Board of Directors of QD Solar (Canada), NOMADD (KSA), FalconViz (KSA), Advestigo (France), Astron Fiamm Safety (Italy, France), Cezanne Software (UK,Italy) and LSP (France).

Nicola holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Business Administration and Economics MS from Università L. Bocconi.

He holds a PhD in Management at the University of Milano-Bicocca and he did build up his academic and scientific career outside of Italy for more than 10 years, in a number of worldwide renewed universities, prior to coming back to Italy on 2014, having won the National Scientific Qualification.

He serves as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Knowledge Management (ISI WoS: Q1, #3 Information Science, #31 Management, Impact Factor 2018: 4.604) and he holds key editorial positions in several international mainstream scientific journals on management. His scholar profile shows about 100 peer-reviewed articles, about 50 of them ranked in the highest “A Class” within the Italian ANVUR rankings, and 12 international monographs by flagship publishers like Springer, Palgrave Macmillan, Elsevier.