Dr. Marwan Alzarouni holds dual mandates that sit at the intersection of government strategy and frontier technology. As CEO of AI at Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism, he leads the city’s AI initiatives under Dubai’s Universal Blueprint for Artificial Intelligence — the strategic framework positioning Dubai as a global leader in AI implementation. Simultaneously, as CEO of the Dubai Blockchain Centre, he oversees one of the region’s most active platforms for blockchain education, industry collaboration and digital economy development.
With over two decades of experience spanning information security, digital forensics, blockchain and AI, he was a founding member of both the Dubai Electronic Security Centre and the Artificial Intelligence Ethical Committee.
