
Hala Badri
Director General of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority .
Name in Arabic:
هالة بدري
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Date of Birth:
19 December 1975
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50 Year)
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Nationality:
Emirati
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Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates
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Hala Badri's Bio
Director-General of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority since April 23, 2019, United Arab Emirates.
She has been Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Women Establishment since January 2006, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award since September 2019, and a business partner in Jollibee Food Company since 2015. .
She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the “ Dubai Sports Council ” since March 2022, a member of the “ Dubai Media Council ” since July 2021, a member of the Board of Trustees of the “Rashid and Latifa Schools Foundation” since August 2022, and the “ Higher Colleges of Technology ” since April. 2022, and she is the Chair of the Internal Audit and Risk Committee in the same complex.
Before joining the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority , she worked as a senior advisor for strategic communications at the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company “ADNOC”. During her tenure in this position, she supervised the management of strategic communications in the company. She was also seconded and assigned during the same period to manage the content of the UAE pavilion. United Nations in “Expo 2020” through the “ National Media Council ”, where it developed the strategy for the visitor experience before moving to the “ Dubai Culture and Arts Authority ”.
She also held the position of Executive Vice President for Media and Communication Affairs at the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company “Du” between 2006 and 2017, and Director of Corporate Communications in the Corporate Identity Management Department at the Emirates National Oil Company “ENOC ” between 1998 and 2005.
She served as a member of the Board of Directors of the “ Global Media Investments Group ” between 2018 and 2019, the “ Dubai Media Incorporated” between 2012 and 2015, the “ Dubai Cares Foundation ” between 2006 and 2018, the “ Dubai Properties Group ” between 2015 and 2017, and a membership in the Board of Trustees of the “Integration Foundation.” “Between 2012 and 2018, and “ Al Jalila Center for Children’s Culture ” between 2017 and 2020.
She won the “Sheikh Rashid Award for Academic Excellence” in the Outstanding Academic Performance category twice, and was ranked by Forbes Middle East magazine on the list of “200 Most Powerful Arab Women for the Year 2014,” and the list of “100 Most Powerful Businesswomen in Public Joint Stock Companies in the Middle East” in 2012. .
She holds a Master’s in Electronic Business Administration in 2001 from Zayed University , and a Higher Diploma in Journalism Communication Technology from the Higher Colleges of Technology . She also graduated from the Emirates Program for Government Leadership in 2019, and the Mohammed bin Rashid Program for Leadership Preparation in 2019. 2007, and the “International Directors Program” from “INSEAD Business School” as the first Emirati woman to graduate with this certificate in the field of corporate governance in 2016.