Few leaders in the region carry a mandate as far-reaching as H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber. As Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, he has helped grow the UAE’s industrial sector into the second-largest contributor to non-oil GDP, valued at AED 205 billion in 2024. As CEO of ADNOC since 2016, he has transformed one of the world’s major energy companies, embedding AI and advanced technology at the core of its operations while introducing it to global capital markets for the first time.
On the world stage, his COP28 presidency delivered the UAE Consensus, a landmark climate agreement coordinated across more than 200 countries and widely regarded as the most ambitious outcome since the Paris Agreement. The presidency mobilised over $85 billion in new climate financing commitments and launched ALTERRA, the world’s largest private fund dedicated to catalysing climate investment. He also serves as the UAE’s Special Envoy for Climate Change, a role he has held since 2020 and previously from 2010 to 2016.
Beyond his ministerial and diplomatic roles, Dr. Al Jaber founded Masdar in 2006 and continues to serve as its Chairman, and chairs the Board of Trustees of Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, the world’s first graduate-level AI research university.
