Roland Buerk

Founder & CEO at xMap

30.6 yrs experience

Jan 2022Added yesterday

The move

MoveDP World → Mubadala

TitleGlobal Head of Media → Senior Vice President, Group Communications

LocationDubai → Abu Dhabi

Career arcRecent arrival

First time at this levelYes ★

Cross-border moveNo — same country

UAE federal / sovereign destinationYes ★

Years in UAE11.8

Total experience30.6 years

Mubadala headcount501-1,000 employees

Mubadala industryFinancial Services

Mubadala HQAbu Dhabi

Mubadala founded2002

Mubadala typeGovernment Agency

Senior Vice President, Group CommunicationsJan 2022 — Present
Mubadala· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
Global Head of MediaSep 2019 — Jan 2022
DP World· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
Senior Director, Head of Communications, Africa, Middle East and IndiaAug 2014 — Sep 2019
Nissan Motor Corporation· Dubai
General Manager, Head of Global Corporate CommunicationsApr 2014 — Aug 2015
Nissan Motor Corporation· Outside 23 wards, Tokyo, Japan
Deputy General Manager, Head of Global Corporate CommunicationsJun 2013 — Mar 2014
Nissan Motor Company· Outside 23 wards, Tokyo, Japan
Manager, Communications/Senior producer, Global Media Center/Asia Liaison, Renault-Nissan AllianceAug 2012 — Jun 2013
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.· Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Tokyo CorrespondentJan 2009 — Sep 2012
BBC News· Within 23 wards, Tokyo, Japan
Sri Lanka correspondentJan 2007 — Jan 2009
BBC News· Colombo, Sri Lanka
Bangladesh correspondentJan 2004 — Jan 2007
BBC News· Dhaka, Bangladesh
Graduate trainee to producer to reporterSep 1995 — Jan 2004
ITN· London, UK

The Royal Grammar School, Guildford
1987 — 1992
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
· Sustainable Marketing, Media and Creative2023 — 2023
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
2018 — 2018
The University of Birmingham
Political Science1992 — 1995

TelevisionVideo ProductionCommunications PlanningRadio ProducingInternal CommunicationsCrisis Communications