Dr Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi Follow us Follow on Google News Follow on Facebook Follow on Instagram Follow on X Follow on LinkedIn UAE Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs In what was a landmark move aimed at highlighting the importance of the SME sector to the UAE, the country appointed its first ever Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs last year, with Al Falasi handed the responsibility of the role. Tasked with designing national initiatives to strengthen the SME sector and support entrepreneurship, the former Minister of State for Higher Education has plenty of experience – he previously served as the chairman of the Federal Authority for Human Resources, chairman of the UAE Space Agency and the CEO of Masdar, among other roles. You might also like Fahad Al Gergawi Raja Al Mazrouei Abdullah Mutawi Salem Bou Aoun Hanan Harhara Al Yafei Louis Lebbos and Muhammed Mekki Walid Hanna Samih Toukan Mohamed Alabbar Kamal Hassan and Yousif Al Mutawa Ramesh Jagannathan Abdallah and Ghaith Yafi Noor Sweid Abdul Baset AI Janahi Shaker Zainal Sami Al Qamzi Mohamad Sabouneh William Chappell Esam Mahmoud Khalfan Juma Belhoul, CEO, and Dr Noah Raford, chief of Global Affairs Sheikh Dr Rashid bin Hamad Bin Mohammed Al-Sharqi Hamad Buamim Vic Barreto Philip Bahoshy Dr Khalid Al Midfa Ammar Al Malik Ronaldo Mouchawar Sheikh Ahmed bin Saqr Al Qasimi Amir Milad Jad Antoun and Khalid Ashmawy Ritesh Tilani and Alper Celen Mahmoud Adi and Shane Shin Mayank Singhal Najla Al Midfa Dany Farha Fadi Ghandour Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed Marwan Hachem John Tsioris Gaurav Biswas Saygin Yalcin Magnus Olsson and Mudassir Sheikha Michael Lahyani Rashid Al Ghurair Eddie Maroun and Elie Habib Ambareen Musa Kunal Kapoor Sky Kurtz Jon Richards Mona Ataya Bader Ataya, Mohamad Ballout, Andres Arenas and Saman Darkan Jad Sayegh, Nadine Mezher and Mark Chahwan Michael Truschler Fodhil Benturquia Hosam Arab Vilhelm Hedberg Craig Moore Donna Benton Huda Kattan Mohamed Khaled Talal Bayaa, Brian Habib and Tarek Bayaa Maaz Sheikh