Corporate Economic and Financial Expert joins The Pearl-Qatar

One of Qatar’s leading corporate economic and financial experts, Abdulla Al Mulla, has joined The Pearl-Qatar, the country’s largest real estate project, as General Manager Finance & Administration.

Hussain AlFardan, Chairman of United Development Company (UDC), the promoter and developer of The Pearl-Qatar, said the appointment is in line with the company’s intention to involve Qatari nationals in the development. 

“Abdulla Al Mulla has had a very progressive career and has held a number of executive positions throughout the region. His knowledge and abilities will be invaluable in guiding this project along its already successful route.”

HE Abdulla bin Khalifa Al Attiya, Vice Chairman of UDC added, “The Pearl-Qatar is an iconic development for this country and one which also reflects our heritage and traditions through the reclaiming of a former pearl diving site. It is important that Qatari nationals are closely involved with this development which will greatly assist in putting our country firmly on the international real estate and tourism maps.”

Abdulla Al Mulla (48) holds a BA in Business Administration from Cairo University and an MA in Finance from Webster University, Geneva. His career has seen him hold senior posts in Qatar Central Bank, including Director, Banking & Currency Issues Department and Director for Economic Policies, in Gulf Air, where he was Executive Vice President from 1991-1996, and in the Qatar-headquartered Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting, where he was Economic and Financial Analysis Advisor.

Abdulla Al Mulla has sat on the Board of Directors of Gulf Helicopter, Jet Airways of India, Bahrain Airport Services and Bahrain Hotels Company. From 1998-2001 he was a member of the Investment Committee of Qatar Central Bank. He is currently a member of Qatar Central Bank’s Economic Policies Committee and a member of the Qatar WTO National Committee.

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