His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice- President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has reshuffled the board of the Dubai Government Investments Group, a decree posted on his website showed.
The group, which operates under the chairmanship of Sheikh Mohammed, has appointed Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum as Deputy Chairman and Dubai Deputy Ruler Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum as a board member.
The new six-member board of the state conglomerate that owns Emirates Airlines also includes Emirates Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum, Dubai International Financial Centre Governor Ahmed Humaid Al-Tayer and ICD Chief Executive Mohammed al-Shaibany, also chairman of Dubai Islamic Bank.
A decree published on Friday, in which Sheikh Mohammed appointed Al Tayer to the helm of DIFC, said the move was part of efforts to "improve performance in Dubai government and semi-governmental departments".
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