Tecom restructures into five units

Tecom Investments, a diversified conglomerate and member of Dubai Holding, has re-aligned its 11 business parks into five industry cluster groups to streamline its operations and to prepare for further business growth.

A new entity, the Tecom Business Parks Operations, has been established. The five industry cluster groups are Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Media; Education; Sciences; and Manufacturing and Logistics.

Dubai Internet City and Dubai Outsource Zone will fall under the ICT Cluster, with Malek Al Malek, formerly the Executive Director of Dubai Internet City, assuming the new role of Managing Director of the ICT cluster. The newly created entity of Tecom Business Parks Operations is headed by Managing Director Ismail Al Naqi, formerly the Executive Director of Dubai Outsource Zone.

The department caters to more than 4,000 companies, 45,000 professionals as well as 1,000 investors in the various zones. It offers value added products and services across areas such as government services, investors, property management services, asset management services and advertisements and promotions services.

Jamal Al Sharif, former Executive Director of Dubai Studio City, assumes a dual role as Managing Director of Dubai Studio City as well as Dubai Media City, a position that will see him focusing on operations and advancing the value proposition of the two media brands to a wider audience. Saeed Al Falasi remains Executive Director of International Media Production Zone.

Abdullah Belhoul has been appointed Managing Director of Manufacturing and Logistics Cluster, taking over from Rashed Al Ansari, Vice-President of Dubai Industrial City, who has left the organisation to pursue other opportunities.

Dubai Media City, Dubai Studio City and the International Media Production Zone comprise the Media Cluster. Mohammed Abdullah, former Executive Director of Dubai Media City, has been appointed Managing Director of the Media Cluster. In this role, Abdullah will focus on overall cluster strategy and contribute to industry-level initiatives.

Dubai Healthcare City, DuBiotech and Enpark comprise the Sciences Cluster. Dr Ayesha Abdullah, formerly the Senior Vice-President of Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), has assumed the role of Managing Director of the Sciences Cluster.

Ali Bin Towaih, Executive Director of ENPARK, and Dr Marco Baccanti, Executive Director of DuBiotech continue in their posts. Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV) and Dubai International Academic City (DIAC) comprise the Education Cluster, which will be headed by Dr Ayoub Kazim as Managing Director. Dr Kazim was previously Executive Director of both DKV and DIAC.

"The restructuring is designed to ensure that we continue to remain efficient and robust as a world-class organisation. Given our exponential growth across various industries, now is the right time for us to consolidate our diverse free zones into focused cluster groups," said Abdullatif Almulla, Chief Executive Officer, Tecom Investments.

"The re-organisation will not affect our business partners in any way. Each business park falling under the new cluster will continue to operate as a distinct entity and the business partners will receive the same high standard services that have been the hallmark of Tecom Investments," according to Dr Amina Al Rustamani, Chief Executive Officer, Tecom Business Parks.