Mohammad Abdullah
Managing Director, Media Cluster, TECOM Investments
 Mohammad Abdullah is the Managing Director, Media Cluster, TECOM Investments, a member of Dubai Holding. The TECOM Investments Media Cluster includes Dubai Media City (DMC), Dubai Studio City (DSC) and International Media Production Zone (IMPZ).
Prior to joining the media cluster, Abdullah was Executive Vice-President of CNBC Arabia, the premium business channel, responsible for editorial and operational management. He worked closely with the CNBC CEO in guiding the company strategy, policy and implementation of corporate vision.
Abdullah was also instrumental in supervising the staff to maintain and enhance the quality of broadcast output and strengthening the relevance to viewers.Abdullah made his foray into the print media at Emirates Media Incorporated where he was tasked with the strategic planning and positioning of a number of magazines and newspapers as Press Director, and subsequently as Director of Strategy and Planning. As the Press Director, he successfully achieved the right positioning of publications such as Al Ittihad as a leading UAE daily and helped the newspaper notch higher circulation and advertising revenues.
Beginning his career with Abu Dhabi TV as a broadcast journalist and news anchor, Abdullah played a vital role in establishing the news centre of the channel in Abu Dhabi. He was actively involved in laying down of operational, editorial, production and administrative procedures governing the news centre.
Abdullah holds a Master’s degree in Mass Communication from the Emerson College in Boston, US.
Saaed Al Falasi
Executive Director IMPZ
 Saeed Alfalasi is the Executive Director of International Media Production Zone (IMPZ), a free zone dedicated to media production industries and a member of TECOM Investments.
As Executive Director, Alfalasi is responsible for managing the entire operations of IMPZ and leading innovative initiatives that strive to promote the cluster as an emerging, customer-centric brand in the UAE, Middle East, Asia (India and Singapore), Europe, North and South Africa.
Alfalasi also spearheads programmes that seek to establish IMPZ as a community hub for the graphics arts and 3P industries – Printing, Publishing and Packaging – through fostering the growth of media production from across the global industry value chain.
Prior to his current role, Alfalasi worked as a Development Manager at the Real Estate Department of Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) where he successfully built and trained the company’s operations team.
Earlier, Alfalasi served as Project Engineer at Dubai Aluminium Company (DUBAL) for six years handling inventory planning and control, as well as budget planning, whilst ensuring the aluminium producer’s hallmark of premium quality was stringently maintained.
Alfalasi holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, US.
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