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Abdulla Al Hashmi

Chief Operating Officer - JAFZA, Parks & Zones GCC Region
9.8 yrs experienceTransportation/Trucking/Railroad
Dec 2022

The move

MoveDP World → Jafza
TitleVice President - BI/PD/Legal → Chief Operating Officer - Parks & Zones at DP World GCC
LocationDubai → Dubai
Career arcRooted in UAE★
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE21.0
Total experience9.8 years
Jafza headcount1,001-5,000 employees
Jafza industryTransportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Jafza HQDubai
Jafza founded1985
Jafza typePrivately Held

Career arc

  1. Board MemberSep 2024 — Present
    Qasim International Container Terminal Pakistan Limited Q
  2. Member Board of DirectorsJul 2024 — Present
    DP World Financial Services Limited
  3. Board MemberFeb 2024 — Present
    Hindustan Ports Private Limited· India
  4. Chief Operating Officer - Parks & Zones at DP World GCCDec 2022 — Present
    Jafza· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  5. Vice President - BI/PD/LegalApr 2022 — Nov 2022
    DP World· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  6. Board MemberNov 2021 — Mar 2024
    Al Nasr Cultural & Sport Club· United Arab Emirates
  7. Board MemberFeb 2020 — Present
    YIWU Market UAE· United Arab Emirates
  8. Board MemberSep 2017 — Jul 2019
    DW Travel· Dubai
  9. Senior Manager corporate finance and business developmentMay 2017 — May 2022
    DP World· Dubai· Full-time
  10. Investment committee memberJan 2017 — Jun 2017
    Al Shabab Al Arabi Club UAE· Dubai
  11. At/Director Business DevelopmentJan 2017 — Apr 2017
    Dubai Taxi Corporation· Dubai
  12. Sales and investment managerJul 2016 — May 2017
    Dubai Taxi Corporation· Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Education

Top skills

Logistics ManagementBusiness IntelligenceManagementMaritimeFreight ForwardingOcean

About

Seasoned professional with over 14 years of experience, in business development, merger & acquisitions with broad commercial acumen resulted from the various industries that I have been exposed to. I have a solid  financial background, with strong  understand of the commercial law (legal/tax) that have enabled me to execute large-scale and complex deals and below are the most recent deals: - Joint Development Agreement of $3bn (mixed real estate development) - Several Concession Agreement - Joint Venture Agreement between Zhejiang Commodity City Group & DP World PLC ($2.45bn) - divestiture , Acquisition & merger of several national and international assets worth ($300m)   in addition to the above we have formed several investment strategies to support the group vision to transform from a b

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