Mohammed Sharaf

Mohammed Sharaf, is a Emirati businessman, who is currently the Group CEO of Dubai Ports World, one of the biggest ports operator in the world. He was the Group CEO of DP World till December 2015 when he announced his sudden retirement from the company.

Career

Mr. Sharaf started his shipping career, at Howland Hook terminal in the Port of New York and New Jersey. He joined Dubai Ports Authority in 1992, and in 2001 he became Managing Director of DP World UAE Region. During his mandate, Sharaf performed central roles in developing the terminals of Jeddah, Constanta, Vizag, Jebel Ali and Port Rashid. Actually Mohammed Sharaf is the DP World's Group CEO since 2005 and the DP world's company Director since 2007. ^[1] Mohammed Sharaf received his degree in Business Administration from the University of Arizona ^[2]

Management philosophy

Sharaf experienced the tough work associated with wharf life when he was a 'Manager Trainee' at the now-defunct U.S. Lines. This experience shaped his 'management philosophy' and he expressed it in an interview: I believe that someone at the top must know the bottom, otherwise you are going to be just playing with the numbers and not knowing the reality of the business.^[3]

Supply chain optimization

According to Sharaf, automation and new technologies are the way of the future, as they are the means to optimize the wider supply chain, generated by the new mega-ships, on land. ^[4]

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