User:Ahmad Saad Al Sharif/sandbox

Dr. Ahmad Al Sharif - holds the post of Vice/Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Deputy Director General, of Knowledge and Human Development Authority.
Prior to joining KHDA, Dr Ahmad Al Sharif was Secretary General of Dubai Sports Council and Secretary General of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award. Dr Ahmad Al Sharif began his career as a teacher, ventually progressing to Assistant Undersecretary at the UAE Ministry of Education, a post he held from 2000-07. Dr. Al Sharif has published 12 research papers in a well-known international periodicals, including four with an emphasis on sports in the UAE. He is a recipient of the Al Owais Creative Award for Studies and Scientific Innovation.

Dr Ahmad and has four publications specialized in the Sports field in UAE. Also, he got many awards including Al Owais Creative Award in the field of Studies and Scientific Innovation, and has been a member of a number of organising committees for international conferences. He is the Middle East Vice President of the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance, he’s a member of the organizing and preparation committee of different scientific conferences, and a member of many international organizations, including the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance, and a Cont. President of International Sport for All Federation.

Dr. Al Sharif started as a “Teacher”, and grows in the education field till he reached the position of Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education for Student's Activities and Welfare, he served in this position from 2000 to 2007, and did a great efforts to enhance the education journey in UAE. Al Sharif has extensive experience in the education and culture sectors, he worked as a Cultural Attache in UAE Embassy in Cairo between 1995 and 1999. Dr. Al Sharif has published 12 papers in a well-known international periodicals, and has four publications specialized in the Sports field in UAE. Also, he got many awards including Al Owais Creative Award in the field of Studies and Scientific Innovation, and he’s a member of the organizing and preparation committee of different scientific conferences, and a member of many international organizations, including the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance, and a Cont. President of International Sport for All Federation.

Al Sharif held the post of Secretary General of Dubai Sports Council and Secretary General of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award, before joining KHDA team. For many years, Dr. Al Sharif hoped that everyone performs exercise and gets involved in sports, and he always emphasizes: “I seek to achieve the dream of the U.A.E. flag fluttering at every international world sports.”, he emphasized in different occasions: “I’m not optimistic nor pessimistic, this is achievable”. ??

Dr. Al Sharif considers sports as everything in a healthy life, so he struggled in his different leading posts, to share all his experiences, education and everything he has learnt in a fruitful professional journey with his teams and professional colleagues, bearing in mind, as he confirms “I lit a candle, and don’t complain of darkness”. Al Sharif Dr.Ahmad has a PhD degree in evaluating sports organizations sports management, as well as a diploma from and a Diploma in the management of sports organizations from the International Olympic Committee. He is a member of the Also, he’s a member of experts committee in the Arabic Sports Council, and a member of the technical committee atin Sheaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa Scientific Research. His dream is to see the UAE flag flying at all international sports events. “I’m not being optimistic,” he says. “This is a dream that we can achieve together.”