Darwish M.K.F. Al Gobaisi

Background

Gobaisi, Darwish M.K.F. Al was born on December 21, 1953 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Son of Mohammad K. and Shuua (Fareigh) Al Gobaisi.

Education

Ordinary National Diploma, Hastings College, 1973. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Polytech. of Central London, 1976. Phd in Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University of Technology, 1988.

Career

Deputy general superintendent, P&D Station, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 1976-1978; general superintendent, P&D Plants, WED, Abu Dhabi, 1978-1979; director production, P&D Plants, WED, Abu Dhabi, 1979-1981; director general, P&D Plants, WED, Abu Dhabi, since 1982. Co-chair joint committee United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-EOLSS, since 1997. Organization chair IDA World Congress, 1995.

Co-chair DESAL 92, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, 1992.

Achievements

• Darwish M.K.F. First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gobaisi has been listed as a noteworthy Engineering executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Institution of Electrical Engineers (United Kingdom), Royal Statistical Society, Institute Measurement and Control (United Kingdom). Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Operations Research Society of America, International Institute of Forecasters, Instrument Society of America, International Desalination Association.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, writing, fishing.

Connections

Married Fatima Abdulla Al Gobaisi, September 1976. Children: Azza, Reem, Gamal, Ammar, Shuua, Sheika, Sheima, Tareq.

Father:

Mohammad K. Gobaisi

Mother:

Shuua (Fareigh) Al Gobaisi

Spouse:

Fatima Abdulla Al Gobaisi

child:

Shuua Gobaisi

child:

Reem Gobaisi

child:

Azza Gobaisi

child:

Tareq Gobaisi

child:

Ammar Gobaisi

child:

Sheima Gobaisi

child:

Gamal Gobaisi

child:

Sheika Gobaisi