{"id":105516,"date":"2025-07-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T00:00:00","slug":"dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Oil taps acting CEO + new real estate head for Shurooq"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dragon Oil names acting CEO:<\/strong> Emirates National Oil Company\u2019s subsidiary Dragon Oil appointed Abdulkarim Almaazmi (LinkedIn<\/a>) as its acting CEO, according to a statement<\/a>. Almaazmi has over four decades of experience in the oil and gas sector, having held leadership roles at BP UAE, BP Middle East, and Abu Dhabi Gas Industries. He joined Dragon Oil in 2018 and most recently served as its executive director of new ventures, engineering and projects.<\/p>\n

Sharjah<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/strong>Investment and Development Authority<\/a><\/strong> (Shurooq) has appointed Yo<\/strong>usif <\/strong>Ahmed AlMutawa (<\/strong>LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong>) as chief real estate officer<\/strong>, according to a press release<\/a>. AlMutawa was previously CEO of Sharjah Sustainable City, and will oversee Shurooq\u2019s strategy, investor relations, and sustainable planning across its Sharjah and the northern Emirates portfolio. He worked at Shurooq between 2006 and 2019, and his most recent role with the firm was as its director of operations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dragon Oil\u2019s acting CEO Abdulkarim Almaazmi has held leadership roles at BP UAE, BP Middle East, and Abu Dhabi Gas Industries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1549],"tags":[43,7,33,1390,2369],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-105516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moves","tag-dragon-oil","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-moves","tag-sharjah","tag-sharjah-investment-and-development-authority","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"f30116f3-4cf0-4a7c-8050-13fb07176b7f","order":"11","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/792.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Dragon Oil taps acting CEO + new real estate head for Shurooq","related_issue":[105497],"teaser":"Dragon Oil\u2019s acting CEO Abdulkarim Almaazmi has held leadership roles at BP UAE, BP Middle East, and Abu Dhabi Gas Industries","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/7\/.bb9eec53-4792-4a52-b154-3abac54157fa.mp3"},"yoast_head":"\nDragon Oil taps acting CEO + new real estate head for Shurooq - UAE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dragon Oil taps acting CEO + new real estate head for Shurooq\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dragon Oil\u2019s acting CEO Abdulkarim Almaazmi has held leadership roles at BP UAE, BP Middle East, and Abu Dhabi Gas Industries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UAE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-14T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/792.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\"},\"headline\":\"Dragon Oil taps acting CEO + new real estate head for Shurooq\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-14T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/\"},\"wordCount\":153,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/792.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Dragon Oil\",\"EnterpriseAM UAE\",\"MOVES\",\"Sharjah\",\"Sharjah Investment and Development Authority\"],\"articleSection\":[\"MOVES\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/\",\"name\":\"Dragon Oil taps acting CEO + new real estate head for Shurooq - UAE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/792.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-14T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/792.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/792.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dragon Oil taps acting CEO + new real estate head for Shurooq\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/\",\"name\":\"UAE\",\"description\":\"The State of the Nation\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UAE\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42998.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42998.svg\",\"caption\":\"UAE\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\",\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/author\/enterpriseam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dragon Oil taps acting CEO + new real estate head for Shurooq - UAE","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dragon Oil taps acting CEO + new real estate head for Shurooq","og_description":"Dragon Oil\u2019s acting CEO Abdulkarim Almaazmi has held leadership roles at BP UAE, BP Middle East, and Abu Dhabi Gas Industries","og_url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/","og_site_name":"UAE","article_published_time":"2025-07-14T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/792.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"enterpriseam admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"enterpriseam admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/"},"author":{"name":"enterpriseam admin","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d"},"headline":"Dragon Oil taps acting CEO + new real estate head for Shurooq","datePublished":"2025-07-14T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/"},"wordCount":153,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/792.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","keywords":["Dragon Oil","EnterpriseAM UAE","MOVES","Sharjah","Sharjah Investment and Development Authority"],"articleSection":["MOVES"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/","name":"Dragon Oil taps acting CEO + new real estate head for Shurooq - UAE","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/792.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-07-14T00:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/792.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/792.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/14\/dragon-oil-taps-acting-ceo-new-real-estate-head-for-shurooq\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dragon Oil taps acting CEO + new real estate head for Shurooq"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#website","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/","name":"UAE","description":"The State of the Nation","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#organization","name":"UAE","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42998.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42998.svg","caption":"UAE"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d","name":"enterpriseam admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com"],"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/author\/enterpriseam\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/792.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/792.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"enterpriseam admin","author_link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/author\/enterpriseam\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/792.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105516\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/105497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105516"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=105516"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=105516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}