{"id":113091,"date":"2026-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/16\/leadership-reshuffle-at-dp-world-and-a-pcfc-appointment\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:00:00","slug":"leadership-reshuffle-at-dp-world-and-a-pcfc-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/16\/leadership-reshuffle-at-dp-world-and-a-pcfc-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership reshuffle at DP World and a PCFC appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tag-border-left\">DP World reshuffles leadership amid scrutiny <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>DP World <\/strong><strong>appointed longtime executive Yuvraj Narayan (<\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yuvraj-narayan-9a117ab4\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><strong>) as group <\/strong><strong>CEO<\/strong>, with the former CFO stepping into the role after Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resigned, the firm said in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dpworld.com\/en\/news\/appointment-of-chairman-and-group-ceo\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. Essa Kazim (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/essa-abdulfattah-kazim-64b802a4?originalSubdomain=ae\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>), who also serves as governor of DIFC and chairman of Borse Dubai, was tapped as chairman. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The timing isn\u2019t coincidental: <\/strong>The change follows the release of US Justice Department files referencing bin Sulayem in connection with the late financier and [redacted] offender Jeffrey Epstein, intensifying governance scrutiny. As we <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/13\/this-morning-two-dp-world-partners-pause-future-investments-adia-stays-firm-on-selling-vier-gas-stake\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">previously reported<\/a>, two of DP World\u2019s international partners \u2014 British International Investment and CDPQ \u2014 suspended future investment deployments into joint projects following the disclosures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Another ports reshuffle in Dubai<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>From DP to PCFC: <\/strong>Dubai Ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has issued a decree appointing Abdulla bin Damithan (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/abdulla-bin-damithan\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>) as chairman of the Ports, Customs, and FreeZone Corporation (PCFC), according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mediaoffice.ae\/en\/news\/2026\/february\/13-02\/mohammed-bin-rashid-issues-decree\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Dubai Media Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The profile: <\/strong>Bin Damithan currently oversees DP World\u2019s GCC operations across ports, economic zones, marine services, and trade solutions. A company veteran since 2001, he previously served as CEO and managing director of DP World UAE, leading strategy across the group\u2019s core regional markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DP World has appointed Essa Kazim as its chairman and longtime exec Yuvraj Narayan as CEO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113092,"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":[244,7,33],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-113091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moves","tag-dp-world","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-moves","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"14e39443-bddb-49d0-bcb4-6d075debf60e","order":"8","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/7\/2574.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Leadership reshuffle at DP World and a PCFC appointment","related_issue":[113078],"teaser":"DP World has appointed Essa Kazim as its chairman and longtime exec Yuvraj Narayan as CEO"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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