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Our People
We're a family of more than 53,000 employees who make trade happen everyday. We know that people are our most important asset, so we take care of our own, nurturing and helping them achieve their full potential through comprehensive programmes of learning and development.
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Our Leadership
The leaders of our business have an unparalleled reputation for delivering first-class industry solutions through continued innovation.
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Services
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Ports and Terminals
We focus on helping our customers handle their cargo movement, from points of production to points of sale, in the most efficient way possible. We support them as they consolidate gains in an established market or stretch for growth in an emerging region.
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Roles Unimagined
In what's traditionally known as a male-dominated industry, our ports and terminals, logistics parks and economic zones find women working in groundbreaking roles that are revolutionising the industry. Their stories, their skills, their families, and the innovative contributions they make to our business are what helps us shape the future of trade.
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Sustainability Governance
The Governance and Sustainability Committee is responsible for reviewing the Company’s corporate governance framework and making recommendations to the Board with regards to any adjustments that the Committee considers necessary.
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Cargospeed
DP World Cargospeed, the first initiative of its kind, was created through a partnership between DP World and Virgin Hyperloop One, to provide hyperloop-enabled cargo systems that will enable fast, sustainable and efficient delivery of palletised cargo around the world.
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DP World Tour Championship
Over the past decade, we’ve played a significant role in helping to put Dubai firmly at the centre of the international golfing world.
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Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem is one of Dubai's leading businessmen. He is the Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DP World and the Chairman of the Ports, Customs & Free Zone Corporation.
Mr. Bin Sulayem’s expertise and visionary leadership spearheaded the rapid expansion of Dubai’s infrastructure, including ports and free zones, contributing significantly to the stellar growth trajectory of the United Arab Emirates. He was also a leader in developing the infrastructure supporting Dubai’s successful tourism industry, among various other sectors.
Highlights of his three-decade business career include:
• Leading marine terminal operator DP World’s expansion internationally, including the purchase of the P&O group for US$6.8 billion in March 2006, which propelled it to one of the largest global port operators and trade enablers in the world with 78 marine and inland terminals in six continents
• Overseeing the rapid development of the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) into an unrivalled business park of more than 7300 companies
• Establishing and leading Nakheel, a real estate and tourism property development firm that has created many iconic Dubai projects including The Palm, the world’s largest man-made islands
• Establishing and leading Istithmar World, a major investment house focusing on private equity with a portfolio of investments in diverse sectors across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East including retail, financial services, industry, tourism and hospitality, and healthcare
• Pioneering the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), a market for gold and precious metals, diamonds and coloured stones, energy and other commodities.
Mr. Bin Sulayem has a BSc in Economics from Temple University in the USA. He is a Board Member of the Dubai Executive Council, the UAE Federal Tax Authority. He is also a Non-Executive Chairman of Virgin Hyperloop One.
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