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Eisa Abdulla
Chief Administrative Officer
Mr Abdulla serves as a Fellow of the Gulf Talent Advisory Board of Oxford Strategic Consulting, providing advice on strategic nationalisation matters.
Prue Morris
Senior Director,
Policy and Legislative Counsel
Mr Abdulla was appointed Chief Administrative Officer in June 2014. In March of 2016, he was named Chief Operating Officer of Corporate Services. In his new position, Mr Abdulla is responsible for the Regulatory Authority’s Operations, IT, General Counsel, Human Resources, Translation, Organisational Development and Nationalisation, and Corporate Communications departments.
Mr Abdulla brings over 20 years of management experience to the Regulatory Authority from various industries including telecommunications, the energy sector, and transportation.
A graduate of the University of Bradford School of Engineering, Design and Technology (UK), Mr Abdulla holds a Bachelor
of Science in Electrical, Telecommunication and Internet Engineering. This qualification
is underpinned by professional memberships including a Diploma in Human Resources Practice from the membership
of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
Ms Morris has over 23 years of regulatory policy experience across all financial services sectors. Ms Morris joined The Regulatory Authority in 2006, from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in Australia. In January of 2015, she was appointed Senior Director of the reformulated Policy and Legislative Counsel Division. Ms Morris has been appointed to serve on several joint regulator committees in Qatar on various regulatory and legal state policy matters.
Ms Morris was previously a senior policy officer at APRA, where she was involved in prudential policy work in all sectors of financial services. From 2000 – 2006, Ms Morris
was responsible for legislative work and coordination with the Commonwealth Treasury and Attorney-General’s Department on APRA’s policy issues.
Prior to her position with APRA, Ms Morris was involved in Australia’s energy policy development as Manager, Coal Competitiveness at the Australian Department
of Industry, Science and Resources. This role contributed to progressing Australia’s coal- related energy policy through high-level APEC forums, and building bilateral relationships.
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