Salma
Ali Saif Bin Hareb is the Chief Executive Officer of JAFZA and Economic
Zones World.
She is intelligent, unafraid, beautiful,
dynamic and she handles her wide-ranging executive responsibilities
in the Jebel Ali Free Zone as well as other management roles in the
public and private sectors, nationally and internationally with great
style and class that lifts everyone around her.
Ms. Hareb was the first lady in
the Middle East and North Africa to be appointed the CEO of a free zone.
She currently oversees the Jebel
Ali Free Zone (Jafza); Jafza International; Dubai Auto Zone (DAZ); Techno
Park; and Al Awir Zone. Jafza International was created in 2000 to meet
the requirements of overseas governments and private investors seeking
to establish a free trade zone, or any other type of Special Economic
Zones, within their own territorial borders.
Today, Jafza International is involved
in Tangiers Free Zone in Morocco, Djibouti Free Zone, and Port Klang
Free Zone in Malaysia.
Now that these entities operate
under one umbrella—Economic Zones World, Ms. Hareb is thriving
to meet the challenges of successful global presence.
Ms. Hareb is also a Board Member
of the newly formed Ports & Free Zones Board that is responsible
for the oversight of the ports and free zone businesses operated by
the Group.
She was also recently appointed
a Board Member of the newly announced Dubai Export Development Center
(EDC) in which she plays an active role in supporting and promoting
manufacturing exports in the UAE.
As Jafza CEO, Ms. Hareb led the
implementation of a new business model based on a customer-centric approach.
Ms.
Hareb is a graduate of Al Ain University. She pursued post graduate
education in Medical Lab Sciences at Cardiff, United Kingdom.
She minces few words and goes right
to the point:
“If business is your passion,
Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai is the right place.
“Our free zone has the most
conducive economic conditions to cultivate entrepreneurial ambitions
anywhere in the world today.
“We are an investment destination
par excellence, situated in the middle east, with a thriving work culture
that helps achieve aspirations.
“Our host of integrated and
value-added services facilitate business to go further.
“Excellent logistics capabilities,
state-of-the-art communications infrastructure and ancillary professional
services are available for all our clients because Jafza believes in
supporting a vision and ambition for the future.
“As one of the primary catalysts
for business development in the GCC and Middle East region, we are keen
on brokering new partnerships and to help capitalize on emerging opportunities
in Dubai, the UAE and the whole region.
“So come step through Jafza’s
doors today, and let’s talk business.”
Air Cargo News/Flying Typers
is honored and proud to share what we discovered about Salma Hareb,
an outstanding Woman In Air Cargo.
Geoffrey Arend