Biography
Jassem Mohamed Bu Ataba Alzaabi chairs the board of e&, which announced a return to the Etisalat name in October 2026. His main post is chairman of the Department of Finance in Abu Dhabi, and he is secretary-general of Abu Dhabi's Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs and of the Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology Council. He is a vice chairman of the UAE Central Bank and of ADQ, chairs Modon Holding and the Abu Dhabi Pension Fund, and sits on the boards of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, ADNOC, First Abu Dhabi Bank and Tawazun Economic Council. He holds an MBA from London Business School. An older profile says he worked at Thuraya Satellite Communications, was executive director of Mubadala's ICT unit and director general of the National Electronic Security Authority, and chaired Yahsat; those details may be outdated. One profile dates his e& chairmanship from March 2021. No net worth figure was found.
Career
- Business Development Area Manager, GCC and Egypt · Thuraya Satellite Communications (older profile)
- Executive Director, ICT · Mubadala (older profile)
- Director General · National Electronic Security Authority (older profile)
- 2021 · Chairman (March, per one profile) · e& (Etisalat)
- Chairman · Department of Finance, Abu Dhabi
Education
- MBA, London Business School
Achievements
- Chairs the board of one of the UAE's largest listed companies
- Secretary-General of Abu Dhabi's Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs
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