Rizwan Soomar is the CEO & Managing Director for DP World’s North Africa & India Subcontinent region. He is an accomplished industry leader with a career spanning more than two decades having led companies to rapid growth through his vision, innovative thinking, and passion for execution.

In his current role, Rizwan has achieved exemplary success in realizing the company’s transformative vision of becoming an integrated logistics player. Under his leadership, the company has made huge strides in the direction of creating one of the largest integrated logistics asset portfolios which includes Ports, Container Freight Stations, Inland Container Depots, Private Rail Freight Terminals, Cold Chain, Express Cargo and Free Trade Zones. The company also launched new world class digital products to offer integrated logistics solutions across their facilities in India, Egypt, Algeria and other countries.

Apart from his strong business acumen and domain expertise, he brings with him the experience of leading businesses in different geographies. Prior to joining DP World, he was commercially responsible for Asia and led the South-Asia portfolio of APM Terminals based in Singapore. His previous positions include leading Svitzer as their global COO (heading operations for more than 500 vessels across 130 locations); Managing Director of Maersk in India and earlier as Managing Director of Maersk in Egypt.

In 2010 he was featured by a prominent business magazine (Business Today) as one of the 25 top successful executives in India under the age of 40.

Rizwan currently chairs the FICCI National Committee on Logistics. He is Co-Chair of the UAE India Business Council (UAE Chapter) and the Vice Chairman for the UAE India Business Council (India Chapter). In addition, he’s a Board Member at the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry; Member of the Research Advisory Committee of the Centre for Transportation and Logistics of IIM Ahmedabad and Member of the Business Advisory Board of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies. He also represents UAE as the Country Lead for Infrastructure, Transport and Logistics Working Group and the Aviation Working Group for BRICS.

Rizwan holds a master’s degree in Business and Administration from the Chicago Booth School of Business and a Diploma from the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS), London. He has also participated in executive management programs at INSEAD, Fontainebleau and IMD, Lausanne.