Majid Saif Al Ghurair elected Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman

Permanent and Audit committees also formed at board of directors meeting

May 31, 2015

WAM

Dubai: The board of directors of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) today elected Majid Saif Al Ghurair, as chairman of the board, under Decree No (19) of 2015 issued recently by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

Al Ghurair is the CEO of Al Ghurair Group, chairman of Drake & Scull International PJSC and a board member of the National Cement Co and Nasdaq Dubai. He is a board member of the Dubai Economic Council, and has played a leading role in the formation of the Middle East Council of Shopping Centres (MECSC) and is currently its chairman as well as chairman of the Dubai Shopping Malls Group (DSMG).

The meeting, which was chaired by Dr Ahmad Saif Bel Hasa, also elected through acclamation Majid Hamad R. Al Shamsi, first vice-chairman; Hesham Abdullah Al Shirawi, second vice-chairman; Abdul Jalil Yousuf Darwish, treasurer; and Hilal Saeed Al Merri, vice-treasurer. Raja Eisa Al Gurg and Yahya Saeed Bin Ahmad Lootah were elected members of the Executive Committee.

Two new committees including the Permanent and Audit Committees were also formed and the members elected Abdul Hamid Ahmad Seddiqi, Bel Hasa, Amna Kalfan Al Jallaf, Buti Saeed Mohammad Al Gandi and Eisa Abdullah Al Ghurair as members of the Permanent Committee while Ebrahim Ahmad Abdul Nabi Al Abbas, Faisal Juma Kalfan Bel Houl, Faiza Al Sayed M.Y. Al Hashemi, and Hani Rashid Bin Rashid Al Yateem were elected members of the Audit Committee.