CANADA-UAE BUSINESS COUNCIL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Trimark Capital Group
- CUBC Finance Committee Chair
Aziz Shariff is the Chairman of Trimark Capital Group which runs a Family Office out of Dubai. Trimark is actively involved in investments, particularly in Natural Resources in a number of countries around the globe. He was a former Chairman of the FOCUS Humanitarian Agency which is a part of the Aga Khan Development Network. He was the Senior Advisor to Aga Khan Museum based in Toronto. He is a UK Qualified Chartered Accountant.
Jean Charest is one of Canada's best known political figures. He has served both federally and provincially as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Premier of Québec. Jean Charest is a Partner at McCarthy Tétrault where he provides invaluable expertise to the firm's clients with his in-depth knowledge and experience with public policy, corporate Canada and international matters.
Job Titles:
- Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Infrastructure Services and Technology at EllisDon
- CUBC Vice - Chair ( Canada )
Jody Becker is the Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Infrastructure Services and Technology at EllisDon, where she oversees a vast infrastructure services and technology division, which includes EllisDon's international operations. She was recognized in 2022 as one of Canada's "top 100 most powerful women" by the Women's Executive Network.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director of Low Carbon Solutions & International Growth Directorate at ADNOC
Musabbeh Al Kaabi is the Executive Director of Low Carbon Solutions & International Growth Directorate at ADNOC. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Mubadala Energy, and Yahsat. He is also a board member of Masdar, a global leader in renewable energy and sustainable development, Tabreed, a UAE-based regional utility leader and Emirates Global Aluminium.
Job Titles:
- CUBC President
- President of the Canada - UAE Business Council
Nour Kechacha is the President of the Canada-UAE Business Council. A Canadian based in Abu Dhabi, she most recently served as an Advisor to two Canadian Ministers of Foreign Affairs and served for three years as a senior aide in the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada. In these roles, and among other important projects, she oversaw during the pandemic Canada's largest peacetime repatriation effort and managed strategic partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors.
Job Titles:
- CUBC Vice - Chair ( UAE )
- Executive Director of TAQA 's Transmission & Distribution
Omar Al Hashmi serves as the Executive Director of TAQA's Transmission & Distribution business, a position he has held since July 2020. In this role, he oversees the company's diverse portfolio of transmission and distribution assets. Prior to his role at TAQA, Mr. Al Hashmi was Executive Director - Asset Management at Abu Dhabi Power Corporation (AD Power).
Tim Ross is a senior lawyer and business advisor with a 25-year track record of advising on significant corporate finance, restructuring and regulatory matters in the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. Prior to joining SkyLaw in Toronto, he spent 14 years as an expat based in London and then Dubai serving in progressive leadership roles at Linklaters, Latham & Watkins, and Bennett Jones. He also spent a year seconded to Credit Suisse. He was General Editor the of Oxford University Press publication Financial Services Regulation in the Middle East.