Abdulrahman Al Saleh

His Excellency Abdulrahman Al Saleh is the Director General of the Department Of Finance of the Emirate of Dubai. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dubai Financial Support Fund.

Prior to joining DOF, Mr. Al Saleh spent four years as the Senior Executive Director for Corporate Affairs in Dubai Customs (DC). In this role, he was responsible for managing the support departments for DC, which includes Finance, HR Management, HR Development and Admin Services.

He chaired a number of committees in DC such as introduction of Value Added Tax in Dubai, Employee Affairs Committee, Executive Credit Policy Committee and was a Member of Reform & Modernization Program Committee and Information Technology Steering Committee.

Prior to this, Mr. Al Saleh held numerous Finance and Accounting positions for government departments on a local and federal level. He gained experience in chairing and participating in various organizational and strategic committees including the Executive Credit Policy Committee and Task Force for Indirect Taxation.

Mr. Al Saleh is a member of Supreme Fiscal Committee and also a Board Member of Dubai World and the Chairman of Drydocks World. He was member of the High Committee for the Regulation of the Audit Profession in UAE (2002 – 2006).

He is a fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK, and holds an Executive MBA from the American University of Sharjah.