
Saeed Al Nazari
Chief Executive Officer, The Development Office | Secretary General, Great Arab Minds | Former Director General, Federal Youth Authority | Former Assistant Director General, The Executive Office of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed
The move
Move
Dubai Civility Committee→
The Development Office
TitleSecretary General → Chief Executive Officer
LocationDubai → Dubai
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Native languageArabic
Years in country32.4
Total experience12.4 years
Career arc
- Chief Executive OfficerOct 2025 — Present
The Development Office· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Secretary GeneralSep 2025 — Present
Dubai Civility Committee· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- ChairpersonSep 2023 — Present
Dubai Creative Unit· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- AILA International FellowshipApr 2023 — Jun 2023CCenter for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)· Washington DC-Baltimore Area· Seasonal
- Assistant Director General of Transformational Projects & Creative AffairsNov 2022 — Oct 2025TThe Executive Office of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- SupervisorNov 2022 — Jan 2026
Mohammed bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - SupervisorNov 2022 — Jan 2026
Arab Strategy Forum المنتدى الاستراتيجي العربي· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Secretary GeneralSep 2022 — Present
Great Arab Minds | نوابغ العرب· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Board Member in the National Committee for Sustainable Development GoalsFeb 2020 — Feb 2023
UN Sustainable Development Group· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Board MemberOct 2014 — PresentGGlobal Innovation Management Institute· United States· Full-time
- Global Innovation AmbassadorJan 2014 — PresentGGlobal Innovation Management Institute· Dubai
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Education
- New York UniversityScholar in Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Scholars Program in New York University · Leadership2012 — 2013
- Higher Colleges of TechnologyHigher Diploma in Business Administration - Human Resources · Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General2009 — 2012
- Georgetown UniversityExecutive MBA · Business Administration and Management, GeneralSep 2023 — Feb 2025
- Saïd Business School, University of OxfordDriving Disruptive Growth Programme · Organizational LeadershipMay 2020 — Present
- London Business SchoolExecuting Strategy for Results · Organizational LeadershipJan 2020 — Present
- Cannes Lions SchoolThe Cannes Lions Master’s Programme · Marketing/Marketing Management, GeneralJun 2018 — Present
- Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart UniversityMaster of Management in Entrepreneurial Leadership · Organizational Leadership2015 — 2017
- Knowledge and Human Development AuthorityLeadership Degree in Students’ Promising Leaders Program · Leadership2009 — 2010
Languages
- English · Full professional
- Urdu · Elementary
- Arabic · Native or bilingual