New director-general at the UAE’s nuclear regulator

President Mohamed bin Zayed issued a federal decree appointing Hamad Al Kaabi (LinkedIn) as director-general of the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, with the rank of undersecretary, state news agency Wam reports. Al Kaabi has served as the UAE’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency since 2008, is a board member of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and was previously the UAE’s ambassador to Austria, Slovenia, and Slovakia.