Raja Al Gurg

Raja Al Gurg is a businesswoman who lives in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.She is the Managing Director of theEasa Saleh Al Gurg Group and a Board Member of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Raja Easa Al Gurg has been ranked 28thin the Arab Power 2018 listing of the 100 Most Powerful Arabs, compiled by Gulf Businessmagazine rising from the previous ranking in 2017. She was themost powerful Emirati Businesswoman in Forbes Middle East's 2017 rankingand the third most influential businesswoman in the Arab world inForbes Middle East's 100 Most Powerful Arab Businesswomen for 2017, ranking. She was listed 90th among ‘The World’s 100 MostPowerful Women’ by Forbes for 2017.

Raja Al Gurg graduated from Kuwait University in 1977 with a degree in English Literature and served as headmistress of Zabeel Secondary School for Girls from 1978 to 1989. In 1989 Al Gurg joined the Board of Directors of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group and is currently the Group's Managing Director.

In September 2003, Al Gurg, along with Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi, led a delegation of Dubai businesswomen to the US - Arab Economic Forum.

Apart from her position with the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group, Al Gurg also holds a number of positions with other companies and organisations.She is the President of Dubai Business Women Council; Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Dubai Healthcare City Authority;Board member of the Dubai Chamber Of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) and Dubai Women's Association. Raja Al Gurg is the first Emirati woman on the boardof HSBC Bank Middle East Limited and is also on the advisory board of Coutts Bank, the wealth division of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Raja Al Gurg is also on the board of trustees for the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives - one of the largest development and community foundations in the Middle East.She was awarded with an Honorary Doctorate at Queen's University Belfast for services to business and commerce.