Mahmoud Hesham EL Burai is currently serving as Senior Advisor at Real Estate Regulatory Agency of Dubai mandated to work on a plan to make Dubai more competitive. Before this role he served as the Senior Management Professional of Dubai Real Estate Institute for 10 years in which the institute graduated 80,000 real estate professionals from the region. Mahmoud has also been the Senior Management Professional of International Real Estate Federation, FIABCI Arabic Countries for more than three years. He is also the Chairman of UN Global Compact UAE and represent MENA region in UN Global Compact advisory board for two years. Mahmoud started youth ambassadors’ programs in seven UAE universities recruiting over 150 youth, training them to help businesses become more sustainable. He also led establishing Women empowerment principles platform in the UAE with 60 companies signing on WEPs commitment. He has been selected recently to be on the Board of National Association of Realtors, largest real estate network in the world. He completed his bachelor's degree in engineering at the American University and his MBA in from his alma mater, American University of Dubai.