Ali Rashid Lootah

Ali Rashid Ahmad Lootah (Arabic: عَـلِي رَاشِـد أَحْـمَـد لُـوْتَـاه‎) is the Chairperson of Nakheel,[1] a development company in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.[2][3]

Ali Rashid Ahmad Lootah
عَـلِي رَاشِـد أَحْـمَـد لُـوْتَـاه (in Arabic)
Born1960
Dubai, Trucial States (now the United Arab Emirates)
NationalityEmirati
OccupationChairman of Nakheel Properties

Biography

Ali was born in 1960[4] in Dubai, and pursued his education in civil engineering at Clarkson University in the United States. He established the UAE Society of Engineers, in which he became a member of founding board.[5]

He started his career working in the UAE's Ministry of Public Works, where he was later appointed as Assistant Under-secretary of the Ministry.[6] Ali also holds other posts,[3] such as being the vice-chairperson of Mashreq Bank.[7] He revamped Nakheel, restarting some of its development projects.[8]

References
  1. Darasha, Yazad (30 March 2010). "Lootah appointed Nakheel's new chairman of the board". Gulf News.
  2. "Nakheel sued over staff discount". The National. 24 April 2011.
  3. Sean, Cronin (2018-05-11). "A look behind Dubai's Nakheel Chairman Ali Rashid Lootah's 'instrumental' vision'". Arab News. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  4. علي راشد لوتاه (in Arabic). Aliqtisadi. 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  5. About Us, UAE Society of Engineers, archived from the original on 2011-09-27
  6. Bringing Us Together, Kenya Friendship Society UAE, archived from the original on 2012-03-30
  7. "Board of Directors". Mashreq Bank. Archived from the original on 2011-08-08.
  8. "Nakheel to restart six projects". The National. 17 August 2010.
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