Mohammed bin Rashid approves the Board of Directors and Advisory Board of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the Board of Directors and Advisory Board of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, one of the three Dubai Chambers of Commerce, after the new restructuring, as part of an approach aimed at enabling the Chamber's role in carrying out its main tasks aimed at strengthening Consolidating Dubai’s position as the capital of finance and business in the region, representing, supporting and protecting the interests of Dubai-based companies, improving the business environment in Dubai and enhancing its reputation as the most attractive regionally and internationally in the region, and providing technical, logistical, legislative and enabling support for companies and entrepreneurs.
His Highness also approved the establishment of an advisory council for the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, whose mission is to provide support, guidance and empowerment, technically, logistically and legislatively, to facilitate the work of the members of the Chamber's board of directors, and help them translate the tasks and responsibilities of the Chamber and perform its role to the fullest.
Within the new structure, there will be an advisory council attached to each of the three Dubai Chambers, so that the role of advisory councils is to fully represent and effectively empower business sectors in Dubai, and provide support and advice to chambers’ boards of directors by providing expertise in their main business topics, as well as conveying the needs of The economic sectors to ensure their inclusion in the recommendations submitted to the chambers’ boards of directors, and to support the chambers by proposing solutions to the most important issues and topics raised.
Members of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors include Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, as the Chamber’s president, and the membership of Omar Abdullah Al Futtaim, Khaled Juma Al Majid, Butti Saeed Al Kindi, Dr. Raja Easa Al Gurg, Majid Hamad Rahma Al Shamsi, Dr. Amina Abdul Wahed Al Rostamani, Faisal Juma Belhoul and Patrick Shalhoub , Hind Muhammad bin Kharbash, Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar Hussain, Shehab Muhammad Gargash, Tariq Hussain Khan Sahib, Saeed Seif Al Ghurair, and Hisham Abdullah Al Shirawi.
The Advisory Board of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce also includes Abdullah Ahmed Al Mousa, Ali Abdullah Al Shafar, Dr. Tariq Humaid Al Tayer, Abdullah Mohammed Al Naboodah, Mohammed Khalaf Al Habtoor, Butti Obaid Butti Al Mulla, Yahya bin Saeed Al Lootah, Sophia Abdullah Saleh, Abdullah Al Hathboor and Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Abbas, Khalid Jassim bin Kalban, Osama Ibrahim Siddiqi, Abdul Fattah Mansour Sharaf, Hani Rashid Al-Yateem, Muhammad bin Zaal, Khaled Khalifa Juma Al-Naboodah, Ahmed bin Issa Al-Sarkal, Muhammad Abdulaziz Baqer, Saif Belhasa, Mishaal Kanoo, Dr. Ahmed Hassan bin Al-Sheikh and Marwan Al Rostamani, Tariq Ahmed Baqer, Issam Al Tamimi, Abdul Aziz Muhammad Al Shafar, Iqbal Yousef Habib Al Yousef, Badr Abdullah Al Jaziri, Rashid Al Ansari, Hind Habib Al Mulla, Ahmed Saeed Balioha, Amal Muhammad Al Marri, Jamal Al Shafar, and Muhammad Matar Al Falasi.
Abdulaziz Al Ghurair, President of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, said that the tasks carried out by the Chamber through an integrated strategic vision, with the Dubai World Chamber and the Dubai Chamber for Digital Economy, and in a way that reflects the new directions of restructuring the Dubai government, aims to launch a new stage in Dubai’s development process, based on Double efforts, speed up achievement, raise the level of efficiency in performance, and create a flexible procedural and legislative environment that supports the business environment in the Emirate.
He pointed out that the role of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce will be to contribute to achieving a qualitative leap in the business community in Dubai, so that it enjoys the highest levels of competitiveness and productivity in the region.
Al Ghurair added: "We must mobilize all our experiences and capabilities and build on our legacy in the business sector to enhance Dubai's position on the map of the most attractive commercial centers in the world, and consolidate its reputation as a major economic player and engine, and a laboratory for all innovative ideas and pioneering economic and investment experiences."
The duties of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce include: representing, supporting and protecting the interests of all Dubai-based companies; and acting as a link between Dubai companies and the Dubai government to convey proposals for opportunities and solutions in order to improve the business environment in Dubai; promoting attracting investments and establishing companies in Dubai in coordination with other chambers; forming specialized work teams to provide support and innovative solutions to companies in Dubai in the areas of marketing, capacity building and others; Providing advice and support to members of the Chamber and guiding them with regard to procedures and information to protect their rights and develop their businesses.
The Chamber’s tasks also include enhancing the status of the Emirate and the Chamber regionally and globally through exhibitions, conferences and events related to economic aspects inside or outside the Emirate. strengthening cooperation and commercial ties with federations, chambers and similar bodies; In addition to providing entrepreneurs, companies and entities with comprehensive data and information about companies and the business environment in Dubai; In addition to providing a stimulating and attractive business environment through the establishment and support of business groups and councils in Dubai according to sectors and countries; Providing financial and administrative support to the other rooms and assuming their operational tasks.
Last March, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum approved the restructuring of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and the formation of three chambers for the emirate, including: the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, the Dubai International Chamber, and the Dubai Chamber for Digital Economy, including the governance of the chambers and defining their frameworks and tasks according to an integrative approach. It seeks to consolidate the role of the Dubai Chamber, the founding umbrella, in empowering the business community in Dubai, supporting the traditional economic sectors and actively contributing to stimulating Dubai’s foreign trade and expanding its scope, supporting the interests of regional and global companies based in Dubai, developing the new digital economy sectors and creating opportunities New investment in it, and the push towards comprehensive digital transformation.
The new structure of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, and the distribution of the scope of its tasks and roles within three chambers, would mobilize and direct efforts within the framework of the specialization of each chamber, thus contributing to enhancing the performance of the chambers and directing their energies effectively and efficiently, working to consolidate Dubai’s economic competitiveness, and strengthening its position as a global economic center And a flexible environment that is open to innovation, development, and attracting talent, expertise and investments from all over the world.
The Dubai Chambers of Commerce Council was established to achieve integration and coordination between the three chambers within the framework of their respective specializations and tasks, to provide technical, logistical, procedural and legislative support to them, and to contribute to the development of plans and policies to ensure the strengthening of the enabling role of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and the chambers affiliated with it.
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established in 1965, when it started its activities through 450 members managed by a board of directors consisting of 12 members.
By the year 2020, the number of members of the Chamber reached more than 245,000, representing various economic sectors. It also supervises 23 business groups, and 41 business councils representing their countries.
During more than half a century of its establishment, it turned into the largest and most important chambers of commerce and industry in the Middle East and North Africa. Over the decades, it achieved exceptional achievements that contributed to the development of the economic sector in the Emirate of Dubai, supporting the business community in it, enhancing the competitiveness of companies and institutions and supporting the private sector. Pushing forward the comprehensive development process in the emirate, building its position as a financial center with global prospects, and as a business capital in the region.
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