Currently Al Saadi is member of Dubai Smart Government (SDG) executive committee, ensuring that (DED) smart strategy is aligned with overall Dubai Government movement towards achieving efficiency and better utilisation to all government resources.
Mr. Al Saadi is a board member of Dubai Design District, a district that promotes Dubai as the haven of all designers, from different design schools all over the world. Beside his role as a board member, Mr. Al Saadi is the chairperson of Regulation & Policy Committee, responsible for attracting talents in the design domain and making Dubai the city of choice; a city that is a world magnet for those talents.
Mr. Al Saadi was nominated to Dubai Open Data Committee, responsible for establishing a framework that allows citizens, residents, companies and students to take advantage of Dubai Data to create an added value services, and apps to help the city to execrate the city vision to achieve the goal by 2017. Prior to joining DED, Al Saadi led the quality management and strategic planning functions within the Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (JAFZA) where he was also Vice President in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility. He has also served in the corporate quality and excellence team of the Dubai International Airport.
A strategic thinker and prolific speaker, Al Saadi is frequently invited to address regional and international audiences on business competitiveness and the ongoing efforts to achieve Dubai’s Smart City vision. His additional responsibilities at DED include Member, Executive Committee; Chair of Outsource Committee; Chair of the Smart Life and Transactional themes and Member of the Advisory theme of the Strategic Plan; and Acting Executive Director of the Strategy division.
A professional business leadership certificate holder of Wharton Business Schools, Al Saadi has a Masters in Quality from the University of Wollongong (Dubai).
Mr. Al Saadi has become the Executive Committee Member of PAD in December 2018