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From shaping Dubai’s physical landscape to powering the region’s digital landscape, we pay tribute to Emaar Chairman and entrepreneur Mohamed Ali Alabbar Few business leaders have made as much impression on their home nation as Mohamed Ali Alabbar has on the United Arab Emirates – and especially the city of Dubai. The 67-year-old, multi-faceted entrepreneur made his name working for the Dubai government, as the founding director general of the Department of Economic Development (DED) in the early nineties. But it was the next stage in his stellar career that really changed the Dubai landscape – literally. As the founder…

CEO of Zurich International Life in the Middle East, Mufazzal Kajiji talks leadership transition, digital transformation and embracing AI to innovate Let’s confront the elephant in the room – nobody likes to talk about insurance. That’s because insurance, by its very nature, suggests something bad is going to happen, and while it’s reassuring to know you have protection, you only appreciate it in bad times. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Long seen as something as a laggard when it comes to changing with the times, the insurance industry is undergoing a much-needed transformation – and with any…