Bio

Badr Al-Olama heads UAE Clusters at Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), which includes in its current portfolio Strata Manufacturing PJSC (Strata), the Sanad Group (Sanad), Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), Mubadala Health and Hub71. Badr is the Chairman of Emirates Post Group (EPG), Strata and Sanad, and is a board director at Yahsat, Shuaa Capital, TASIAP GmbH - a joint venture with Daimler AG, as well as a number of automotive and energy joint ventures in Algeria. Badr also heads the organizing committee for the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) – a pioneering collaborative platform that has been jointly established by the United Arab Emirates and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Through GMIS, Badr oversees the Mohammed Bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity – an open innovation platform that aims to solve real world challenges and recognise the exemplary demonstration of corporate social responsibility by global manufacturers. Prior to his current engagements, Badr was the former Chief Executive Officer of Strata, former President of the UAE Harvard Club, a former board director at the Emirates Defense Industries Company (EDIC), Oumolat Security Printing, the UAE Space Agency and Mubadala Health, as well as being a former member of the UAE Ministerial Council on the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He also led the strategic development of Nibras Al Ain Aerospace Park, a joint initiative between Mubadala and Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), which aims to establish a sustainable aerospace ecosystem in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Nominated as a ‘Young Global Leader for the Middle East and North Africa region’ by the World Economic Forum in 2016, Badr began his career as a lawyer at Habib Al-Mulla & Company (currently known as Baker & McKenzie Habib Al-Mulla). He earned his degree in Shari’a and Law from the UAE University (2002), and holds an LL.M from Harvard Law School (2005).