Dubai Export Development Corporation boosts management team with senior national appointments
The Dubai Export Development Corporation (DEDC), the Dubai government body charged with promoting exports from the emirate, has strengthened its senior management team with three key Emirati appointments. Jamal Bin-Marghoob has been appointed as Senior Manager of Marketing and Media, Fatma Ahmed Ghanim is the Head of Industrial Development Section and Saeed Mohammed Bin Mahyoh is the corporation’s new Head of Information Technology Section.
The appointments are aimed at reinforcing DEDC’s management structure and delivering its value-added support services for exports and manufacturing sectors in the UAE, particularly Dubai.
“Marghoob, Ghanim and Mahyoh are outstanding professionals with extensive Government-level experience. All three will assist DEDC achieve its commitment to solidifying Dubai’s position as the regional hub for export oriented trade,” said Engineer Saed Al Awadi, Chief Executive Officer, DEDC.
Marghoob, previously Nakheel’s Commercial and Marketing Manager and Jebel Ali Free Zone’s Regional Manager, will help DEDC promote the industrial sector as well as develop and maintain public and private sector relationships.
Ghanim joins DEDC from Dubai’s Department of Economic Development where she collated various industrial studies, analysis of data reports, surveys and co-ordinated industrial events for government and private organisations.
Mahyoh has five years IT experience as Network Engineer in the Ministry of Public Works where he designed and built the Ministry’s IT and WAN infrastructure, security and data centre. At DEDC, Mahyoh will be responsible for enhancing the important role of e-trade in facilitating business across borders utilising technology to increase trade links. He will also assist in the development of e-systems for sub-contracting and partnership exchange.
“With these latest additions to the corporation’s dynamic team, I am confident we will be able to strengthen Dubai’s manufacturing capabilities and capacities and significantly increase the export sector’s share of the emirate’s GDP over the next five years,” concluded Al Awadi.
