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Abdulrazaq Aljassim
Chief Operating Officer, Dubai Group |
Abdulrazaq M. Aljassim is an Engineer and Total Quality Management professional who has extensive hands-on senior management, consultancy and entrepreneurial exposure across a broad range of industries including industrials, banking & financial services, real estate and information technology
Before joining Dubai Group, Mr. Aljassim was an Executive Director, Corporate Services and Organizational Development of Emaar Properties in 2001, where he was instrumental in the company’s early success as the largest regional property developer in the Middle East
An industry veteran, Mr. Aljassim was an Executive Director of First Gulf Bank, overseeing Operations, Administration and Technology. He played a key role in the restructuring and turnaround of the Bank post its takeover by Abu Dhabi shareholders in 1999
Earlier, for 4½ years with Citibank since 1995 in his capacity as the Resident Vice President, Banking Operations, he managed the Central Operations before which he was responsible for Business Planning and Analysis (Sales and Distribution)
Prior to banking, Mr. Aljassim has 7½ years of Professional Engineering experience with Dubai Municipality where he designed process flows with system implementation in the area of Water Treatment Plant Maintenance. These maintenance processes were continuously improved with evidenced measurements throughout his service in the Government Sector and are still in practice today
Mr. Aljassim has a B.Sc. certification in Electrical Engineering and Digital Communication Engineering from Northrop University in the US, where he was nominated as well as achieved the Deans list 3 times. He enjoys the distinction of being the only licensed Master instructor of PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) for the Middle East region by Dr. Jerry L. Spight, a student of Prof. W. Edwards Deming
Over the years Mr. Aljassim, has accumulated respectable knowledge in Quality gained through Engineering Practice, Training Courses, Quality Seminars and through implementation of various quality tools across various industry sectors.
