DUBAI: Dubai Crown Prince and Dubai Executive Council chairman Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has approved a number of key appointments at the Department of Economic Development (DED).

Shaikh Hamdan approved eight Executive Council Resolutions, Dubai Media Office said on Tuesday, appointed Ali Ebrahim Mohammad Esmael as deputy director general, Khalid Ebrahm Abdul Rahim Al Qasim as assistant director general for economic policies and studies division; Omar Hamad Abdullah Hamad Bu Shehab as executive director of the commercial registration division; and Mohammad Abdullah Shael Al Saadi as executive director of corporate strategic affairs division.

The resolutions also appointed Mohammed Hilal Saif Al Murooshdi as executive director of internal audit division; Khalid Hassan Mohammad Mubasheri as executive director of governance and legislation affairs; Abdulla Hassan Ahmad Hassan as executive director of corporate support division; and Mohammad Ali Rashid Lootah as executive director of commercial control and consumer protection division.