Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh (Arabic: أحمد علي الصايغ; born 1962) is an Emirati politician who is a minister of state in the United Arab Emirates since 19 September 2018.[1]
Al Sayegh was born in 1962 in Abu Dhabi where he attended school and furthered his higher education in the United States. He graduated in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in economics from Lewis & Clark College, Oregon, United States.[2][3]
Al Sayegh co-chairs the UAE-UK Business Council along with Lord Udny-Lister.[4]
In September 2018, the UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Alnahyan, appointed Al Sayegh as the minister of state in the UAE Cabinet.[3]
He was Chairman of ADGM,[5] which oversees the UAE capital city's International Financial Centre (IFC).[6] He is the managing director of Dolphin Energy, a natural gas company.[7] The company produces and processes natural gas from Qatar's North Field and transports the gas by sub-sea pipeline to the UAE from which it is delivered in the UAE and Oman.[8]
He is founding board member of Etihad Airways and currently serves as a board member. He played an instrumental role in the launch of the UAE's national airline in 2003 and its subsequent growth.[3]
He was the founding chairman of Aldar Properties when it launched in 2004 and remained in the role until April 2011.[3]
He was founding chairman of Masdar, a renewable energy company based in Abu Dhabi.[9]
He has worked in the Abu Dhabi state-owned oil company Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).
He has been on a number boards including chairman of Abu Dhabi Global Market;[10] deputy chairman of the Emirates Nature-WWF;[11] board member of Etihad Aviation Group;[12] board member of Abu Dhabi Development Fund;[13] and chairman of Al Jazira Investment Company. Former board positions include deputy chairman of First Gulf Bank; founding chairman of Aldar Properties; founding board member of Mubadala Development Company; founding chairman of Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar); founding board bember and managing director of Emirates Foundation; founding board member of Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority; founding board member of Abu Dhabi Ship Building Company; board member of Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company; board member of Tawazun (formerly UAE Offsets Group); board member of Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority; board member of Abu Dhabi Education Council; and board member of Abu Dhabi Media.