Adviser to the Director General
The Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Sayd Farook is the Advisor to the Director General of the Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. In his capacity as Advisor, he is one of the key enablers of a number of the strategic initiatives of the Government of Dubai, including Dubai 10X, Dubai Capital of Islamic Economy, Area 2071 and the Arab Strategy Forum. He enjoys building strategic initiatives from the ground up, launching them and seeing them to fruition. In his career, he has been responsible for deploying number of these initiatives and most prominently known for his contribution to building the Thomson Reuters Global Islamic Finance and markets team. Besides this, he achieved a number of impactful industry firsts for Thomson Reuters while he managed a team of 30 fully dedicated resources.

Besides his executive role, Dr. Sayd Farook is also the Chairman of Finocracy and Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Responsible Finance and Investment (RFI) Foundation.

Dr. Farook has a Doctorate in Financial Economics, a Business (Honours) degree and a Law degree from the University of Technology Sydney.