Du VP joins DLA Piper

MAHMOOD Ahmad, former vice president at Du has joined DLA Piper’s Dubai office as legal director.

 

The Emirati’s experience spans both the public and private sectors having advised board members and governmental agencies for the last ten years. He also played an instrumental role in the development of the “Security, Justice and Safety” segment of the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015, and was previously Deputy Registrar of the DIFC Courts. Under Mahmood’s leadership Du Telecom was placed first in 2011 in the Governance Index: Standard & Poor’s / Hawkamah Pan Arab ESG Index.

 

Abdul Aziz Al Yaqout, regional managing partner, DLA Piper Middle East said: “Mahmood brings with him a wealth of legal corporate governance experience that is almost unrivalled in the region. Over the last few years corporate governance has quickly risen to near the top of every company’s agenda, and given the current economic environment I expect it will stay there for the foreseeable future.”