Maktoum bin Mohammed meets with CEO of Schneider Electric

His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the UAE, met at present at Dubai Ruler’s Courtroom with Peter Herweck, CEO, Schneider Electrical, one of many world leaders in automation and digital transformation.

The assembly reviewed the longstanding partnership between Dubai and the UAE and Schneider Electrical, which works again over 25 years, and explored methods to additional profit from what Dubai has to supply in time period of strong infrastructure to assist the growth of the corporate’s companies and serve its purchasers.

Sheikh Maktoum highlighted Dubai and the UAE’s dedication to strengthen cooperation with worldwide gamers specialising in growing merchandise and options that help sustainable improvement initiatives, and to additional improve the nation’s reliance on clear and renewable power sources, aligning with the UAE’s and Dubai’s aims on this regard. These aims are mirrored within the Dubai Clear Power Technique 2050 and the UAE Web Zero 2050 strategic objectives, with Dubai aiming to supply 75% of its power wants from clear sources by 2050.

The assembly additionally reviewed Schneider Electrical’s plans to increase its operation from its places of work in Dubai, which boast greater than 500 workers, alongside its good distribution centre primarily based in JAFZA and its service and coaching centres in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Herweck applauded the UAE’s inspiring improvement mannequin, which locations sustainability as a prime precedence, and its keenness to realize a full power transition that focuses on clear and renewable power. He additionally highlighted his firm is trying ahead to strengthening its partnership with the UAE and reinforcing the foundations of sustainability by means of the switch of know-how and information, alongside the implementation of superior options to boost power effectivity. Herweck added that Schneider Electrical is simply as eager on contributing to accelerating the digital transformation within the UAE and is dedicated to nurturing specialised capabilities whereas enhancing the talents of native abilities.

The assembly was attended by His Excellency Essa Kazim, the Governor of the Dubai Worldwide Monetary Centre; His Excellency Helal Saeed Almarri, Director Common of Dubai’s Division of Economic system and Tourism; His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Alzarooni, Government Chairman of Dubai Built-in Financial Zones Authority (DIEZ); and His Excellency Younis Al Nasser, CEO of the Dubai Knowledge and Statistics Institution. The assembly was additionally attended by Schneider Electrical senior administration executives together with Manish Pant, Government Vice-President for Worldwide Operations; Olivier Blum, Government Vice-President for Power Administration Enterprise; and Peter Weckesser, Government Vice-President for Digital Operations.

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