Board of Directors Abdulla Al Habbai Abdul Wahab Al-Halabi Edris Alrafi Chairman, Vice Chairman, Non-executive Director Non-Executive Director Independent Director Mr Abdulla Al Habbai is the Abdul Wahab Al-Halabi is Edris Alrafi is the former Group Chairman of Meraas the Group Chief Investment Chief Executive Officer of Holding and Chairman of Officer of Equitativa Group, a Dubai Holding, where he was Dubai Holding. Mr. Al diversified financial services responsible for developing Habbai is also the Chief group that is involved in and implementing the Executive Officer of the asset management, wealth commercial and financial Engineering Office of H.H. management and private strategy for the overall Sheikh Mohammed bin equity. He is also Chief Group. He was also Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Executive Officer and previously the Chief Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Board Member of Global Commercial Officer at a post he has held since Investment House, a Kuwait- Meraas Holding. Edris brings 2005. Mr. Al Habbai is the based investment group. more than 13 years of Director General of Dubai experience in investment Creative Clusters Authority He has more than 20 years’ banking and private equity. and also serves on the experience in the real estate Boards of Dubai Real Estate sector, with expertise in Prior to Meraas, Edris served Corporation and Museum of financial restructuring, crisis as Head of UAE coverage at the Future, amongst others, and debt management, Goldman Sachs. He joined and is the Chief Executive credit enhancements and Goldman Sachs in 2008 to Officer of Shamal. joint ventures. Previously manage Sovereign Wealth he was the Group Chief Funds, UAE Commercial Mr Al Habbai has more than Investment Officer of Banks & large UAE corporate 25 years’ experience in the Meraas Holding, a partner clients including GREs for property and real estate at KPMG and has acted as Investment Banking and sector, including a 16-year Chief Executive Officer of Securities businesses. Prior term with Dubai Municipality Dubai Properties, a member to Goldman Sachs, he where he was responsible for of Dubai Holding. served as General Manager overseeing and translating at First Gulf Bank. He is also the Emirate’s vision for He holds a BSc Economics presently serving on the urban planning. from London School of Board of Noor Bank PJSC. Economics and an Executive Mr Al Habbai holds a MBA from Ecole Nationale Edris holds a Finance Master’s degree in Cadastral des Ponts et Chaussées. He degree from Higher College and Land Information is a Fellow of the Institute of Technology in the UAE. Management from the of Chartered Accountants University of East London, in England and Wales and is United Kingdom. a member of the UK-based Securities Institute. 42 | DXB Entertainments Annual Report 2017 Mohamed Almulla Mukesh Sodani Amina Taher Shravan Shroff Managing Director Non-executive Director Independent Director Independent Director Mohamed Almulla Mukesh Sodani has over 3 Amina Taher has more than Shravan Shroff is currently was appointed Chief decades of experience in 14 years’ experience in the Partner at Rosewood Portal Executive Officer of DXB finance and investments field of marketing and Company LLC, a Dubai- Entertainments in June 2017. across various industries. communications. She is Vice based company engaged in Mohamed brings extensive In 2017 Mukesh joined President Corporate Affairs online aggregation of tourist experience from a wide Meraas as Chief Financial & at Etihad Aviation Group villas and other online range of media and Investment Officer. Previously were she is responsible for solutions. He began his entertainment business he was Chief Financial leading the global corporate career in 1997 with Shringar segments, including radio Officer of flydubai where he communications strategy. Films, the family-run film & TV broadcasting, printing was an integral part of the She joined Etihad Airways distribution business where & publishing, digital media, airline’s growth strategy. as Head of Media Relations he pioneered the concept out of home advertising, in 2014 and was previously of outsourced screen event management, parks Before joining flydubai in Head of Social Development programming and & attractions. 2011, Mukesh held senior and Sponsorship in the multiplexing. Under his management positions with Group Communications Unit leadership the group rolled He was previously Chief Noor Bank, Emirates Airline at Mubadala Investment out a chain of 25 multiplexes Executive Officer at the Group and dnata. He started Company. with 100+ screens in India Arab Media Group where his career in finance with under the brand name he oversaw all operational one of the Big Four audit Prior to Mubadala, Amina FAME, which he sold to Inox aspects of the group’s three firms in Kuwait and Dubai. was Executive Director of Leisure Ltd. in 2011. major business units: Arabian Corporate Communications Radio Network, Done Events Mukesh qualified as a at Zabeel Investments. In 2013, Shravan co-founded and Global Village. Since member of the Institute of Her career highlights VentureNursery, India’s his appointment in 2008, Chartered Accountants, also include mentoring first angel-based Mohamed steered the India, in 1987 before gaining Emirati entrepreneurs, accelerator, that incubates group towards market Certified Public Accountant starting an organic food and starts up companies in growth through innovation (CPA) and Certified Internal company, speaking at various domains. in the entertainment Auditor (CIA) qualifications leadership conferences, sector and new customer- in the US. He also has a and championing He is a graduate from centric strategies. diploma in Business Finance the advancement of Mumbai University and from the Institute of Emirati women in society holds a Masters in Business Prior to joining the Arab Chartered Financial Analysts and business. Administration from the Media Group, Mohamed held of India. Melbourne Business School. several leadership positions Amina holds a Master of Shravan is also an active within the TECOM Group, Public Administration (MPA) member of the Mumbai including Executive Director degree from Harvard chapter of the Young of Dubai Media City, where University and an MBA from Presidents Organisation he led the consolidation the London Business School. (YPO) a US based non-profit of the business hub’s She has a BS degree in organisation, and is the international status whilst Applied Media Studies from current Membership Chair of playing a key role in the Higher Colleges of the Mumbai Chapter. He has attracting leading global Technology, Dubai. served on the Censor Board media brands to the region. of India from 2008 to 2012. 43.