Mahmood Al bastaki

COO - Digital Trade Solutions Digital Technology

DPWorld

Mahmood Albastaki is the Chief Operating Officer of Digital Trade Solutions at DP World, the leading provider of worldwide smart end-to-end supply chain logistics, enabling the flow of trade across the globe, with a portfolio of 295 businesses in 78 countries across six continents. In his role, Albastaki leads the development and global rollout of DP World’s major trade facilitation solutions including -among others- CARGOES Customs, the full-fledged AI-based customs administration system enabling effective digital transformation of customs operations and community services; CARGOES Community, the leading logistics community system enabling seamless cargo flow at ports and throughout the trade supply chain; World Logistics Passport (WLP), the world’s first incentive-based loyalty program rewarding traders and freight forwarders for high trade; and DUBUY.com, the innovative B2B e-commerce marketplace connecting importers and exporters across borders with efficient fulfilment from the factory floor to the customer’s door. Albastaki served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) before taking up his current position as the Chairman of the Board for Dubai Trade, the electronic single window that underpins Dubai’s position as a global base for trading across borders with seamless processes for government agencies and private sectors, by integrating the major stakeholders in trade and logistics operations such as DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali port and Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), Dubai Customs, Importers and Exporters, Shipping Lines and Agents, Clearing and Forwarding Agents, Hauliers, and Free Zone Licensees. Al Bastaki is also the former acting Director of E-Services at Dubai E-Government (currently “Digital Dubai”) where he formulated the then E-government strategy. He managed critical projects such as the governmental Electronic payment Gateway “ePay”, unified contact center “AskDubai”, and web hosting and Management platform “eHost”.