Mr. Abdullatif Abdulla Ahmed Al Mulla currently serves as Group Chief Executive Office of RMB, a conglomerate in the real Estate development and contracting. Prior to this Abdullatif Al Mulla took the helm of Dubai Properties Group (DPG) as Group CEO, bringing with him over two decades of experience in strategic leadership. AlMulla has held a number of senior leadership roles. He was Group CEO at TECOM Investments, part of Dubai Holding, where he played an instrumental role in growing the 11 business communities of TECOM Investments, a key part of Dubai’s transformation into a knowledge-based economy and was previously CEO of SmartCity, which oversees the development and management of knowledge clusters and business townships across the globe. He has also served as the General Manager of Microsoft Gulf.
Mr. Al Mulla has been always visionary and also responsible for giving strategic direction and driving new initiatives. He had the overall responsibility for managing entities and ensuring the development of commercially and strategic viable projects.
Mr. Al Mulla has extensive experience in the real-estate as well as IT sectors. In his nine-year stint at the Microsoft regional headquarters in Dubai, he led the development of subsidiaries in the Gulf, Yemen and Pakistan. He played an instrumental role in bagging Microsoft’s first ever enterprise agreement in the world with the Dubai Government, which put Dubai on the Microsoft radar.
Mr. Al Mulla has a Master’s in Economic and Social Development, and Public Administration, from the University of Pittsburgh, and in Corporate Communication from the Duquesne University. He is and has been board member of a several prestigious organizations, including TECOM Investments, Dubai Properties, Dubai Education Council, Muscat Bank, Marfin Investment, Axiom Telecom, American University in UAE, Sheikh Hamdan Smart University, UTICO, Empower, EMS, SmartCity and SHUAA Capital PSC. He was also a member of H.H. Sheikh Zayed Award for Environment Dubai Financial LLC. At Microsoft, Mr. Al Mulla was conferred the Microsoft High Distinguished President Award in 1998. He was a member of the Microsoft Middle East and Africa Leadership Program. He was also considered as one of the highest rated General Manager in the world.