His Excellency Eng. Saif Mohammed Rashid Saeed Al Shara Al-Samahi

His Excellency Eng. Saif Mohammed Rashid Saeed Al Shara Al-Samahi is the Assistant Undersecretary for the Sustainable Communities Sector and the Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Food Diversity Sector at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment. Previously, he held the positions of the Assistant Undersecretary for the External Audit Sector, the Assistant Undersecretary for the Agricultural and Animal Affairs Sector and the Assistant Undersecretary for the Water Resources and Nature Conservation Sector at the Ministry of Environment and Water since 2009. His Excellency started his career as an engineer in the Marine Biology Center – Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries – Umm Al Quwain in 1994, then moved to the Central Agricultural Region Department – Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries – Al Dhaid and became the Head of Animal Health Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. He also worked as the Head of Agricultural Affairs Department, Eastern Agricultural Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Fujairah, and later as Director of Eastern Region, Ministry of Environment and Water (formerly Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries), Fujairah. His Excellency is also a member of several committees, including the UAE’s Circular Economy Council, the National Wellbeing Council, the National Commission for Education, Culture and Science, the National Biosecurity Committee, the UAE National Industrial Development Committee – the Ministry of Economy, and the Advisory Committee for the College of Agriculture – UAE University, and the Board of Trustees of the Sheikh Khalifa Center for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. Eng. Saif Mohammed Al Shara holds a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Sciences from the UAE University – Al Ain