Position: Chief operating officer, Al-Jaber Group, UAE
Fatima al-Jaber is chief operating officer of the UAE's Al-Jaber Group and sits on the group's board of directors as executive director.
At Al-Jaber Group, she manges all of the group's contracting, logistics, industrial, trading, investment and real estate subsidiaries.
An engineer by profession, Al-Jaber worked with the Abu Dhabi government from 1998 until 2005.
She is also a member of the boards of directors of The National Investor (TNI) and the Abu Dhabi National Takaful Company.
Her roles include undersecretary for the building projects sector of the Abu Dhabi Municipality and assistant undersecretary for technical services at the Abu Dhabi Public Works Department.
Al-Jaber currently acts as deputy chairwoman of the Abu Dhabi Businesswomen's Council and sits on the board of directors of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
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