ABU DHABI: EDGE Group has announced the appointment of Hamad Al Marar as its new Managing Director and CEO, effective 1st February. Al Marar transitions into his new role at the helm of EDGE following four years within the group’s senior management team, where he was President of the Missiles and Weapons cluster, and succeeds Mansour Al Mulla, who is returning to ADQ Group following a successful two-year managerial secondment to EDGE.

Faisal Al Bannai, Chairman of EDGE Group, said, ‘Hamad is a much-respected son of the UAE’s burgeoning defence and advanced technology sectors, and brings with him tremendous experience and business know-how, having superbly led the Missiles and Weapons cluster as its President, and from his previous senior leadership roles within the industry.

‘I am confident that he will lead EDGE into a new era of international growth as it further expands its capabilities and seeks new opportunities which will enable the group to achieve its objectives and take its place as a world leader
in the design and manufacture of next-generation products, solutions, and services across the air, land, sea, and space domains.

EDGE has entered 2024 as a fast-growing and dynamic grouping of 25 companies, with an expanded portfolio of 160 advanced solutions and services, a workforce of over 10,000 highly skilled employees of 88 nationalities, a footprint in over 50 countries, and a local and international orderbook of over US$5 billion, a third of which was in export sales.

Source: Emirates News Agency