His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Ahmad Al Tayer

His Excellency Saeed Al Tayer serves as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) PJSC since 1992. He has more than 35 years of experience in Dubai in the fields of telecommunications, energy and water. Under his leadership, DEWA group has achieved unprecedented success and is recognized today to be one of the most distinguished utilities world-wide. His Excellency steered both DEWA and Empower in their successful public listing, attracting overwhelming global demand. He is a Member of the Dubai Council, a member of the Dubai Executive Council and the Strategic Affairs Council, a member of the Dubai Supreme Fiscal Committee, Chairman of Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation PJSC (EMPOWER), Chairman of Dragon Oil Company, Vice Chairman of the board of directors of Emirates Global Aluminium, Chairman of Dubal Holding, Chairman of Oilfields Supply Center Limited, Chairman of Emirates National Oil Company, and the Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy. His Excellency Al Tayer also holds various positions and director roles both within and outside of the Group. His Excellency received a number of prestigious awards such as the “Middle East Champion of Energy” award received at the World Green Economy Summit 2015 from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). On 18 May 2016, the UNDP appointed His Excellency as "UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development Goals". In addition, the Swiss Business Council, Dubai & Northern Emirates awarded His Excellency the prestigious “Lord of Matterhorn Award”. Moreover, His Excellency received an honorary doctorate from Amity University in Dubai in appreciation of his continuing innovative efforts to achieve excellence and enhance scientific knowledge and sustainability. His Excellency received the prestigious Honorary Fellowship from the Energy Institute, United Kingdom. His Excellency received the Excellence and Creative Engineering Award in the Leading Personnel Category from the Society of Engineers - UAE. Also, His Excellency has been awarded the "Life of Leadership Excellence Award" by the Sandhurst in London, United Kingdom as the first recipient of this globally prestigious award in the civilian sector.