UAE. Dubai Duty Free has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of eight executives across key departments in recent months. Seven of them are UAE nationals.
They have been assigned roles across Retail, Human Resources, Finance, Marketing, Purchasing, Loss Prevention & Corporate Security, as well as the Exchange Bureau.
H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman of Dubai Duty Free, said: “I am very pleased to welcome the new senior executives to Dubai Duty Free. They have been selected from an excellent pool of available talent in the UAE to strengthen the management team in the company, and they will play an important role in helping deliver Dubai Duty Free’s strategy over the next five years and beyond.”
Dubai Duty Free Managing Director Ramesh Cidambi added: “These recent appointments come at an important time as we finalise our five-year business plan (2025-2029) in which we aim to grow both revenue and profits while continuing to serve the passengers using Dubai’s airports with our retail offer. The appointments also reflect the extraordinary Emirati talent available in the country and will also encourage skilled Emiratis to build a career in the travel retail industry.”
The expanded management team at Dubai Duty Free includes Senior Manager Purchasing Fatema Al Fardan, who joined in June and reports to Senior Vice President Purchasing Sharon Beecham. In the same department, Manager Purchasing Aleksei Babin, a Russian national, joined in July, also reporting to Beecham.
Vice President Retail Support Mohamad Al Khaja joined in June and reports directly to Senior Vice President Retail Michael Schmidt.
Vice President Human Resources Yasa Tahir joined in July and reports to Senior Vice President Human Resources Mona Al Ali, while Senior Manager Loss Prevention & Corporate Security (LPCS) Khalid Saleh reports to Senior Vice President Loss Prevention and Corporate Security Zayed Al Shebli.
Senior Manager Marketing Salim Dahman joined in August and reports to Senior Vice President Marketing Sinead El Sibai. Vice President Finance Mansoor Al Khaja joined in September and reports to Senior Vice President Finance Bernard Creed.
The eighth executive to join Dubai Duty Free is Senior Manager Exchange Bureau Nasser Al Jasmi, who joined in October and reports to Financial Controller Mohammed Rafeek. ✈
