Listed here are 5 profiles of NEP’s feminine graduates who’re serving to form the nation’s future
The Nationwide Consultants Programme (NEP) has ready proficient Emirati professionals to play a number one function within the transformation of future-growth sectors.
Launched in 2019 below the course of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the NEP equips Emirati technical specialists with the talents to have a transformative influence on 15 key social and financial sectors aligned to UAE’s nationwide priorities.
A complete of 46 Emiratis from a variety of backgrounds have taken half within the final two editions of NEP. The third version of NEP kicks off in November, and the brand new cohort might be introduced in October.
Because the UAE celebrates Emirati Girls’s Day, listed below are 5 profiles of NEP’s feminine graduates who’re serving to form the nation’s future.
Meera Al Mheiri, senior inspection engineer at Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation
A graduate from the second cohort of NEP, Meera Al Mheiri made historical past by changing into the primary feminine Emirati nuclear security inspector in 2015 on the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation. Meera has led many strategic initiatives in positioning the UAE within the nuclear area and offering frameworks that align with the UAE’s nuclear power coverage. She designed a coverage framework to assist establish gaps in working programs and provided options to deal with points.
Throughout her profession, she served as a member of the Emirates Youth Council from 2016 to 2018 and is presently a board member of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, a task that she has held since 2020.
Kalthoom Ali, schooling lead, Center East at Apple
Kalthoom Ali took half within the second cohort of NEP, possessing in depth expertise inside the private and non-private schooling sectors. Earlier than becoming a member of Apple Center East earlier this 12 months, she was the previous chief of strategic partnership officer at GEMS, and in addition labored on the Data and Human Growth Authority in Dubai the place she held totally different roles in her 10 years, together with being the chief director of schooling improvement for all colleges within the non-public schooling sector in Dubai.
Kalthoom sees a future the place the private schooling journey might be redesigned alongside a continuum of lifelong studying, the place everybody acquires a mixture of invaluable expertise to turn into irreplaceable. Kalthoom is engaged on initiatives to assist key stakeholders inside the sector to allow educating and studying via expertise, in addition to celebrating progress in all kinds of studying together with tutorial, non-academic, and mushy expertise.
Fatima Al Shamsi, head of area insurance policies and laws part at UAE House Company
Having seen the UAE turn into the primary Arab nation to succeed in Mars and with the announcement of the primary regional interplanetary mission to discover the asteroid belt, Fatima Al Shamsi is eager to assist propel nationwide experience in area sciences into a brand new period.
As a graduate from the second NEP cohort, Fatima now works on the UAE House Company the place she heads the area insurance policies and laws part and works with the United Nations committees to advance the worldwide area coverage and the dialogue in figuring out international wants for international area challenges, authorized frameworks, and assets.
Maisa Al Qassimi, performing venture director, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, DCT – Abu Dhabi
Coming from a household that values arts and tradition, Maisa Al Qassimi has been creating her information and expertise on this area in a profession which spans greater than 15 years. With a ardour for museums from an early age, Maisa, who was nominated for the second cohort of the programme, is now cultivating the identical ardour within the subsequent technology of Emiratis in her function as performing venture director of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, which is ready for completion in 2025.
Mariam Al Meraikhi, co-founder and CEO of Astrocloud Studios
A participant and Fellow from the primary cohort of the programme, Mariam is a robust story-teller and communicator with in depth expertise within the media business. She has labored for a number of main organisations together with Abu Dhabi Nationwide Exhibitions Firm and ExCel London earlier than co-founding AstroCloud Studios to help the inventive industries in UAE and the area.
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