Name: Mohamed Almansoori
Designation: Director General, Sheikh Zayed Housing Program
Company: Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (UAE)
Category: Government Visionaries
Eng. Mohamed Almansoori is the esteemed Director General of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme (SZHP) in the UAE, bringing over 29 years of distinguished experience within the Federal Government. His expertise spans major urbanization, human settlements, infrastructure, and government housing projects both in the UAE and across the region.
A strategic visionary and objective-driven leader, Almansoori is recognized globally as a leading authority in government housing. An alumnus of Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA, he has been a pioneer in the digital transformation of government operations within the housing and infrastructure sectors. Notably, he successfully led the complete digitalization of these operations, ensuring uninterrupted service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Under his leadership, the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme has delivered major initiatives aimed at enhancing the local housing experience by optimizing governmental resources. This includes launching innovative housing financial solutions in partnership with the private banking sector to secure sustainable funding and significantly reducing the government housing end-user journey. These efforts contributed to a remarkable customer satisfaction rate exceeding 92% in 2022.
Regionally, Almansoori represents the UAE in strategic forums including the GCC, Arab League, and UN-Habitat, and actively participates in international bilateral collaborations. He is also known for championing academic and youth initiatives, fostering university students’ innovation and sustainable research aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
His leadership extends beyond the public sector as a member of the board of directors of several major private companies and engineering societies locally and internationally. He notably became the first Arabic CEO in government to join the Arab Engineers Federation in 2019. His distinguished career has been recognized with numerous awards and honors from both public and private entities.
