
M Mukhtar Safi - CPA
Chief Financial Officer
The move
MoveExpo 2020 Dubai → Expo City Dubai
TitleDeputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer → Chief Financial Officer
LocationUnited Arab Emirates → United Arab Emirates
Career arcBoomerang (UAE-educated, foreign stint)★
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE13.9
Total experience30.3 years
Expo City Dubai headcount201-500 employees
Expo City Dubai industryCommunity Development and Urban Planning
Expo City Dubai HQDubai, Dubai
Expo City Dubai typeGovernment Agency
Career arc
- Chief Financial OfficerJan 2023 — Present
Expo City Dubai· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial OfficerJul 2018 — Oct 2023
Expo 2020 Dubai· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Chief Financial OfficerMar 2015 — Jul 2018
Expo 2020 Dubai· Dubai, Emirates Towers
- Group CFOApr 2013 — Mar 2015
Drake & Scull Int. PJSC· DUBAI, UAE
- CFOMay 2007 — Dec 2013
General Holding Corporation
- Senior Corporate Finance ManagerMar 2005 — May 2007
Dubai Holding
- Audit ManagerJan 1996 — Mar 2005
KPMG
Education
- United Arab Emirates UniversityBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) · Accounting and Finance1992 — 1996
Languages
- English
- Arabic