Executive Office

        Professor Abdullah Al Shamsi

Vice Chancellor

Abdullah Mohammed Alshamsi was appointed as Vice Chancellor of The British University in Dubai (BUiD) in February 2007. Before this, he was a Professor of civil engineering at UAEU. In 1980 Alshamsi graduated from Eckerd College, USA with a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), followed by another Bachelor of Civil Engineering with Honors  (Distinction) in 1982 and a Masters in Civil Engineering in 1983 both from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. Alshamsi went on to complete his PhD from Leeds University (UK) in the area of Concrete Properties in Hot Climates in 1988. In January 1989 he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at UAEU. He was then promoted to the ranks of Associate Professor and finally Professor in 2002.

Professor Khalid Al Marri

Professor, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Enterprise

Professor Khalid is the dean of research at the British university in Dubai. Professor Khalid is proclaimed for setting high standard of accomplishment by holding the first PhD award in Project Management in the region.

Professor Khalid has an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Arizona and master’s degree in engineering management from the Catholic University of America.

Professor Khalid holds the credential of having produced, through a doctoral program, the first framework for developing projects through public private partnerships (PPP) in the UAE. This framework is the first to lay the foundations for a standardized PPP practice in the UAE for practitioners. It highlights the most important factors for the success of PPP projects, such as value for money, risk sharing and allocation, renegotiations, and the roles of the public and private parties.

Professor Khalid is also credited for developing a framework for establishing a nuclear research reactor project in the UAE through the utilization of public private partnerships, which was one of the first frameworks for PPPs in research reactor projects in the world and followed strict safeguards and required full awareness of nuclear safety, security & control of nuclear materials handling.

       Salam Khoury

Executive Administrator / PA to the Vice Chancellor and the Registrar & CAO

Salam Khoury holds the position of an executive administrator at British University in Dubai, providing support to the Registrar and the academic office. Salam is also, appointed as a personal assistance to the vice-chancellor, managing tasks and agenda according to prioritisation of events. Salam’s experience spans for over 15 years of responsibilities in handling assignments for human resources and managerial activities in industries that included telecom, NGOs, banking, and education. Salam attained her MBA from the British University in Dubai and currently is a PhD in Business Management candidate at the British University Dubai.