His Excellency Munther Mohammed bin Shekar is the Director General of Ras Al Khaimah Municipality since 2014. Under his leadership, the Municipality has undergone an important transformation towards digitisation and smart services, has achieved higher integration of its departments and has expanded its scope into the field of energy sustainability. In order to ensure the most advanced municipal services to residents and businesses, Munther made significant steps towards strengthening and developing cooperation avenues with other leading entities in the government and the private sector.

Before joining the Municipality, Munther took senior management positions at Etisalat, Emirates Post and in the Office of the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah. His areas of responsibility in those positions included customer service, logistic operations and corporate communications respectively.

Munther is a graduate from the College of Literature, and believes in the principles of teamwork, creativity and continuous improvement.

• General Manager - RAKTA
• Certified Youth Leader - UAE
• Master’s in engineering management - UOWD
• Civil Engineer - AUS
• More than 10 international and local Rewards with RTA

• DGEP Dubai Government Excellence Program
• 4 General 4G
• EFQM Global Excellence Model
• ISO 9001 Quality Management System
• OSHAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System
• ISO 14001 Environment Management System
• ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management System
• ISO 31000 Risk Management System

• UAE Ideas 2015
• Arabic Ideas 2015
• Excellence Award of Best Taxi Companies 2015
• American Ideas 2016
• RTA Safety Award 2016

Through his role in the Ministry, he is leading the development of strategies and policies for the Electricity & Water sector at the federal level and coordinates the sector’s efforts to achieve the UAE’s 2050 energy vision. Prior joining the Ministry, Eng. Yousif Al Ali was the Executive Director of Masdar Clean Energy Unit, leading areas of investment, greenfield development,  bidding, mergers & acquisitions, asset management and operations for local and global large-scale renewable energy projects. Part of his role in Masdar was to oversee Masdar’s Energy Services activities, and its growing portfolio of energy efficiency projects and off-grid renewable energy projects in the MENA region and international markets.

Eng. Yousif serves as a member in the board of Directors for the Federal Nuclear Regulation Authority and many other national and international companies like Shams Power Company, Jordan Wind Power Company (JWPC), Krnovo Green Energy (KGE) in Montenegor and Baynouna Solar Energy PSC.

Prior to Joining Masdar, Eng. Al Ali worked as a plant Engineer for Abu Dhabi Polymers at Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).

A UAE national with 18 years of outstanding renewable energy and petrochemical industries experience in Masdar Clean Energy.

Eng. Al Ali holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the IE Business School in Madrid, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from UAE University, in addition to being a certified Project Management Professional.

An Executive Director at Etihad water and electricity.

Etihad save more than two million people with electricity in the north emirates with sustainable and resilient supply.

Salim Binrabeeh earned a degree in electoral engineering from the university of Toledo in 2001.

@linkedin/salim-binrabeeh

Andrea Di Gregorio is the Executive Director at the Energy Efficiency and Renewables Office (Reem) of Ras Al Khaimah Municipality, UAE, with the mandate to support the development of the Emirate towards lower energy intensity and a higher share of renewables in the generation mix.

He has more than 20 years of experience in the energy sector in Europe and the Middle East, where he supported governments, oil & gas majors and leading utilities in the fields of strategy, operations improvement and energy efficiency.

Prior to joining Ras Al Khaimah Municipality, Andrea Di Gregorio supported the activation of the Dubai Demand Side Management strategy as a PMO Director at the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, UAE, and as a Director of Strategy and Continuous Improvement at TAQATI, UAE. Previously, he worked as a strategy consultant at Booz & Company and Oliver Wyman, and as a Business Unit Director at Bertelsmann.

He holds an MSc. summa cum laude in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and an MBA from SDA Bocconi, Milan.

With over a 23 years’ experience in waste management, Oussama have succeeded in managing businesses in waste management through leading over thousands of workforces and managers in delivering different sustainable services for the communities.

He has advocated, structured and organized businesses in waste management and made them deliver on targets in a sustainable platform throughout his career.

Oussama has a Bachelor degree from the American University of Lebanon and also has an Executive Maste degree from ESA Beirut, Lebanon and EMBA from ESCP Business school Paris, France. Throughout his career he has undergone many training courses in project management, in finance, in leadership, in communication, in marketing and sales, in strategies, in delegation, …and other business related skills, 

Oussama field of expertise in waste management is covering sorting plants, landfills, waste to energy, hazardous and medical waste treatment, E-waste, Recycling hubs and centers, recycling plants of all waste products, gas to energy, city cleaning and waste haulage… and other waste related activities.

Currently Oussama is the Head of waste Management agency of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, managing and structuring all waste management services.

Ahmed Ban joined RAK Government in Mid 2018 as the Executive Director of Works Agency, Public Services Department, overseeing roads and roadside infrastructure in the Emirate. Prior to that he worked in a variety of multinational firms overseeing mega projects reaching in value to tens of Billions of dirhams in UAE, Canada, Australia and Egypt. Through his 25+ years of experience he specialized in heavy civil works and infrastructure projects, completing some of the most prestigious landmarks in UAE and elsewhere. He brings a richness of knowledge on energy conservation built through years of practical experience and application.

Muna Alamoodi has joined the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment in 2022 as a Climate Change Advisor first and then shortly moved to managing the Climate Change Department. Currently she is working on various projects as UAE NetZero 2050 strategy development, updating Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), National Dialogue on Climate Ambition (NDCA) and National measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) System.  Previously she was employed at the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure as Energy policy expert at the assistant undersecretary office for Electricity, Water & Future Energy and formerly she was the Director of Future Energy and Supply Security Department. Managing several strategic projects and a member of several committees, bringing together 15 years of experience in field of sustainability, climate change, carbon management, future energy, environment, and waste management.

Mrs. Alamoodi holds a Master of Science: Excellence in Environmental Management from Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University and a Bachelor of Science: Biology from United Arab Emirate University, in addition to being certified for Project Management Professional PMP and ISO Lead Auditor (EHSQ).