Abdulrazak M. Aljassim CEO Dubai Insurance Group

Abdulrazak M. Aljassim has extensive experience and exposure in entrepreneurial business set up, engineering and hands-on management of industrial, banking and financial services, as well as Total Quality Management.

Before to joining Dubai Group, Mr. Aljassim was Executive Director, Corporate Services and Organisational Development of Emaar Properties, 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 Executive Director of First Gulf Bank, where he managed Operations, Administration and Technology . He has also worked for Citibank, first as Manager, Business Planning and Analysis (Sales and Distribution), and shortly after, as Resident Vice President, Banking Operations (Central Operations).

Mr. Aljassim has a B.Sc in Electrical Engineering and Digitial Communication Engineering from Northrop University in the US. He enjoys the distinction of being the only licensed instructor of PDCA for the Middle East region.

Fareed Lutfi is regarded as a distinguished and professional reinsurance, insurance and financial expert. His career in international reinsurance, insurance, underwriting, marketing and executive management spans across 25 years.

Before joining Dubai Group in 1996, Mr. Lutfi worked at Arab Insurance Group (ARIG) for 15 years, and was responsible for setting up and managing the London Contact Office (1982 to 1986).

Mr. Lutfi has a bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Economics and Management from the US.

Board Membership and Affiliations:

Board Member, Oman National Investment Corporation Holding
Chairman, Board of National Life & General Insurance Company, Oman
Former Director and CEO, Alliance Insurance, Dubai
Former General Manager, Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance Company (AMAN)
Drafted into the dual position of Secretary General of the Emirates Insurance Association and Secretary General of the GCC Insurance Commission

Sarah Al Marashi Vice President – Business Development Dubai Insurance Group

Sarah Al Marashi has over nine years of banking and investments experience covering a wide spectrum of functions across operations, service quality, information technology, HR, retail banking, process reengineering, project management and distribution at three leading banks, Citibank, Dubai Bank and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank.

Ms. Al Marashi joined Dubai Group in 2005 and has headed various functions such as operations, marketing and corporate communications. She holds a Bachelor of Science in General Business (Cum Laude Honours) from the University of the State of New York in the US, a Masters in Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University in the US and a Graduate Degree in Finance from the American University of Sharjah in the UAE.