Badr Al Olama is CEO of Strata Manufacturing, Mubadala
Aerospace’s advanced aero-structures manufacturing facility in Al Ain. Since
his appointment in 2012, he has led the development of the Nibras Al Ain
Aerospace Park, a joint initiative between Mubadala Aerospace and Abu Dhabi
Airports Company intended to house global aerospace firms’ regional operations
and drive the knowledge economy as part of the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030.
He previously served as the company’s deputy CEO since April 2011.
A graduate of Harvard Law School in the US and the College
of Sharia and Law at the UAE University, Al Olama was a legal consultant at
Habib Al Mulla & Co law firm — now Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla —
prior to joining Mubadala. He serves on the board of directors at Sanad Aero
Solutions, another Mubadala Aerospace company, and is president of the UAE
Harvard Alumni Society.
Al Olama also serves as chairman of regional children’s
development charity Bidayaat, which runs social, cultural and educational
programmes in association with partners. He is also a member of the World
Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Manufacturing.
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