Advisory Board and Board of Trustees

Advisory Board
Chairman

Richard Armstrong
Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation 

Maya Allison
Executive Director, New York University Abu Dhabi 

Bharti Kher 
Artist  

Chittrovanu Mazumdar 
Artist  

Sandhini Poddar 
Art Historian

Smita Prabhakar
Founder and Chairperson

Sabih Ahmed
Associate Director and Curator

Board of Trustees
Honorary Chairman

Abdelmonem Alserkal
Founder, Alserkal Avenue

Myrna Ayad
Art Consultant and Cultural Strategist

Hoda Barakat
Founding Partner, Hoda Barakat Legal Consultancy

Mustafa Al Hashimi
Chief Hospitality and Leisure Officer, Al Wasl Hospitality and Leisure

Colm Timothy McLoughlin
Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Duty Free

Ahmed bin Shabib
Researcher

Rashid bin Shabib
Researcher

Abdulfattah Sharaf
Group General Manager, Chief Executive Officer, United Arab Emirates and Head of International, HSBC Bank Middle East