Abu Dhabi: Fatima Obaid Al Jaber, chief operating officer of Al Jaber Group became the first Emirati woman to get elected to the board of directors of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce.
She bagged 4,880 votes.
Shaikh Mubarak Bin Ham and Khalfan Saeed Al Ka’abi came in second and third respectively.
Candidates who got re-elected for a second consecutive term included Al Ka’abi with 4101 votes, and Yusufali MA, Indian businessman, with 2256 votes. Dr Kassem Alom, the Syrian managing director of Al Noor Hospital got elected for the first time with 1715 votes. The “Abu Dhabi – First” alliance had swept the polls, which listed Fatima and Yusufali as candidates.
The elections were held on Monday for 15 seats of the board of directors, of which two seats are reserved for the expatriate business community. The Abu Dhabi government will appoint another six members so that membership is complete with of a 21 member board.
The new board which will be sworn in for a four year term and will take office beginning January 2010.
The first round of elections was held on December 7 but failed to come out with a clear majority win for any of the candidates. Three polling stations were setup in Abu Dhabi city, Al Ain and Beda Zayed. About 12191 members voted for their favourite candidates.
