Amina Al Rustamani is an Emirati businesswoman who's currently the director of family business

AW Rostamani Group AW Rostamani Group, also known as “AWR”, is a privately held company established in 1954 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, by Al Rostamani brothers, Abdullah and Abdul Wahid Al Rostamani. The company is headquartered in Dubai and employs over 3, ...

. She ranked number 9 in the CEO Middle East's fifth annual list of the world's most powerful

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in 2015. She was picked as the Advertising Person of the Year by Dubai Lynx for 2015. Al Rustamani started her career in

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in 2001 as an electrical engineer with TECOM Investments (now

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), becoming one of few women in the Middle East to enter the profession. She received her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from

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in 1993, 1996, and 2001, respectively. More recently, Amina was involved in the development of

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and Dubai Wholesale City. Al Rustamani left TECOM Group in February 2018 to take up the position as Chief Operating Officer of the AW Rostamani Group. She was listed as number 20 in ''

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'' "Middle East Power Businesswomen 2021."

Career (current)

* Chief Executive Officer of AWR Properties * Chief Operating Officer and board member of

*Board Member of Dubai Healthcare City Authority *Board Member of Noor Bank *Board Member of

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Career (former)

* Group Chief Executive Officer of

* Chairperson of the Dubai Design and Fashion Council * Member of the Board,

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* Member of the Board, National Media Council * Member of the Board, Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower)

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Dr. Amina Al RustamaniTECOM Group, Management Team
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