Board of Directors

Abdul Wahab Al-Halabi Mukesh Sodani Mohamed Almulla Chairman and Independent Director Vice Chairman and Executive Director Non-Executive Director

Abdul Wahab Al-Halabi is the Group Mukesh Sodani has over three decades Mohamed Almulla was appointed Chief Chief Investment Officer of Equitativa of experience in finance and investments Executive Officer of DXB Entertainments Group, a diversified financial services across various industries. In 2017, Mukesh PJSC in June 2017. Mohamed brings group that is involved in asset joined Meraas as Chief Financial and extensive experience from a wide range management, wealth management and Investment Officer, subsequently of media and entertainment business private equity. He is also Chief Executive becoming Deputy Chief Executive Officer. segments, including radio and TV Officer and Board Member of Global Previously he was Chief Financial Officer broadcasting, printing & publishing, digital Investment House, a Kuwait-based of Flydubai where he was an integral media, out of home advertising, event investment group. part of the airline’s growth strategy. management, parks and attractions.

He has more than 20 years’ experience Before joining Flydubai in 2011, Mukesh He was previously Chief Executive in the real estate sector, with expertise was Group Chief Financial Officer of a Officer at the where in financial restructuring, crisis and debt real estate conglomerate in . He he oversaw all operational aspects of management, credit enhancements and has also held senior management the group’s three major business units: joint ventures. Previously he was the positions with Noor Bank, Emirates Arabian Radio Network, Done Events Group Chief Investment Officer of Airline Group and Dnata. He started his and . Since his appointment Meraas Holding, a partner at KPMG and career in finance with one of the Big in 2008, Mohamed steered the group has acted as Chief Executive Officer Four audit firms in Kuwait and Dubai. towards market growth through of , a member of innovation in the entertainment sector Dubai Holding. Mukesh qualified as a member of the and new customer-centric strategies. Institute of Chartered Accountants, India, He holds a BSc Economics from London in 1987 before gaining Certified Public Prior to joining the Arab Media Group, School of Economics and an Executive Accountant (CPA) and Certified Internal Mohamed held several leadership MBA from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Auditor (CIA) qualifications in the US. He positions within the TECOM Group, Chaussées. He is a Fellow of the Institute also has a diploma in Business Finance including Executive Director of Dubai of Chartered Accountants in England from the Institute of Chartered Financial Media City, where he led the and Wales and is a member of the Analysts of India. consolidation of the business hub’s UK-based Securities Institute. international status whilst playing a key role in attracting leading global media brands to the region.

Mohamed holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toledo, Ohio, USA.

34 | DXB Entertainments Amina Taher Shravan Shroff Malek Al Malek Independent Director Independent Director Independent Director

Amina Taher was appointed as Etihad Shravan Shroff is currently Partner at Malek Al Malek is the Group CEO of Aviation Group’s Vice President Rosewood Portal Company LLC, a TECOM Group where he has led the Corporate Affairs in May 2017. She is Dubai-based company engaged in transformation of TECOM Group’s responsible for setting the group’s global online aggregation of tourist villas and communities into destinations for communications strategy, managing and other online solutions. He began his innovation, attracting some of the safeguarding its brand, providing counsel career in 1997 with Shringar Films, the world’s most advanced businesses and overseeing the group’s engagement family run film distribution business and entrepreneurs. with a number of its key stakeholders. where he pioneered the concept of Before joining Etihad, Amina was Head outsourced screen programming and Through his endeavours, he has promoted of Social Development and Sponsorship multiplexing. Under his leadership the entrepreneurism, built an intellectual in the Group Communications Unit at group rolled out a chain of 25 framework, and helped create a unique Mubadala Investment Company, where multiplexes with over 100 screens in business environment that attracts she was responsible for assessing, India under the brand name FAME, investment from Fortune 500 firms who managing and activating Mubadala’s which he sold to Inox Leisure Ltd. in 2011. are contributing to shaping Dubai into sponsorship portfolio. one of the innovative cities of the world. In 2013, Shravan co-founded Additionally, Malek pioneered the launch Prior to Mubadala, Amina was the VentureNursery, India’s first angel- of in5, an integrated innovation platform Executive Director of Corporate based accelerator, that incubates that has created, within Dubai, a Communications at Zabeel Investments and supports start up companies distinctive and well-rounded ecosystem and has also held various roles with in various domains. for entrepreneurs and start-ups. Malek is Dubai Holding and General Motors. an active participant in the development He is a graduate from Mumbai University of the UAE’s education sector through Amina holds a Master of Public and holds a Masters in Business his role on the Board of Trustees at the Administration (MPA) degree from Administration from the Melbourne Higher Colleges of Technology (UAE), Harvard University (USA) and a Master of Business School. Shravan is also an and Chairman of the Dubai Institute of Business Administration (MBA) degree active member of the Mumbai chapter Design and Innovation. Malek is also a from the London Business School (UK). of the Young Presidents Organization member of various Boards including the She also has a Bachelor of Science (YPO) a US-based non-profit Board of Directors at the Mohammed Bin degree in Applied Media Studies, organisation, and is the current Rashid Library, the National Media graduating with honours from the Membership Chair of the Mumbai Council, and Emirates Integrated Higher Colleges of Technology (UAE). Chapter. He has served on the Censor Telecommunications Company (du). Board of India from 2008 to 2012. Previously, he was a member of Dubai Freezone Council, as well as a board member of Energy Management Services International, Smart City Kochi (India), and Smart City Malta. Malek joined TECOM Group in 2002 and last served as CEO of TECOM Business Parks.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from the Higher Colleges of Technology (UAE).

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