Dr. Yasir Alnaqbi (UAE)

Dr. Yasir is the Director Abu Dhabi Excellence Program - Government of Abu Dhabi. He holds PhD from Salford University, Manchester, UK, MSc in Engineering Management from Brunel University, UK and MSc Project Management from George Washington University, USA. Yasir was the Manager for Abu Dhabi Award for Excellence in Gov. Performance, General Secretariat of Executive Council (2008-2011); Project Manager, Special Project Department, General Secretariat of Executive Council (2007-2008); Project Leader, Project Office Division, Abu Dhabi Retirement Pensions and Benefits Fund (2005-2007) and he also worked as Mechanical Supervisor Engineer (Maritime field), National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), Abu Dhabi (2002-2005). Yasir is a business oriented professional with 10 years of experience in Organization Development through the use of Total Quality Management (TQM), Project Management, Strategy Formation and Performance Systems. He led various change management programmes at different levels (Government, Organization and Departmental) with a strong belief in continuous improvement, customer service, people development, innovation, creativity, knowledge management and modernization.