Omar Abu Omar

Omar Abu Omar holds a master's degree in marine technology from Trondheim, Norway. He worked at Det Norske Veritas (DNV) as Area Manager and Regional Business Development Manager, in the Middle East and at head office in Oslo, then became Chief Operating Officer of the Emirates Classification Society (TASNEEF), having been active in its establishment. He later became President of Maritime and Operations at Gulf Navigation Holding.

He contributed to the Sahara Notation for vessels in warm waters and to implementation of the UAE Yacht Code, and was a member of the UAE Maritime Law Development Technical Committee.

He spoke as a panellist at four Mare Forum events between 2015 and 2018, in Singapore, the UAE, Monaco and Greece.