H.E. Mrs. Dr. Hessa bint Sultan Al Jaber is chairing the Board of Trustees of the Community College of Qatar (CCQ) further to the Council of Ministers Office Decision No. 14 of 2020 on restructuring the board to include three new members. H.E. Dr. Hessa Al Jaber is a pioneer in the development process in the country and she had held several important positions. She is Member of the Shura Council and the third Qatari woman to assume a ministerial position in the state. In 2013, she was listed among the 500 most powerful Arabs in the world on Arabian Business magazine. Then, she ranked 20th on the 2013 Arabian Business’ list of 100 most powerful Arab women in April. Moreover, Dr. Hessa holds a Ph.D in Computer Science from George Washington University, Washington, DC.

Dr. Nasser Mohammed Marafih and Dr. Khalid Abdulla Al-Ali honored the board. Dr. Marafih is Member of the Ooredoo Group Board and Advisor to the Ooredoo Group Board‘s Chairman. He was Chief Executive Officer of the Ooredoo Group from 2006 until November 2015. He also served as Ooredoo Qatar CEO from 2002 until 2011. Dr Marafih holds a Ph.D in Communication Engineering from George Washington University, USA. Dr. Khalid Abdulla Al-Ali is the Director of Higher Education Institutional Affairs and the Acting Undersecretary for Higher Education in the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Qatar. He has served previously in several educational posts such as Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs, Director of Foundation Program at Qatar University and the Chair of the World Commission on the Ethics of Science Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) in UNESCO. Also remaining in the board are the Vice Chair, Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed Al-Kaabi, as well as Dr. Rashid Sultan Al-Kuwari, Mr. Soud Abdulaziz Al-Tamimi, and Dr. Abdulla Ibrahim Al-Emadi as members.

In this regard, CCQ President, Dr. Mohamed Al-Naemi stated, “We are pleased to welcome the new members in the College’s board of trustees. As part of our commitment to contribute to Qatar National Vision 2030, we look forward to working together to enhance the College’s performance and offer the best possible educational services to our students. We also extend our thanks to the previous chairman, Engineer Hamad Rashid al-Mohannadi, and the previous members Dr. Khalid Mohamed Al-Horr and Mr. Hassan Abdulrahman Al-Ibrahim for all their efforts and achievements that strengthened the position of the College and supported its educational process.”