Omar Al Futtaim

Al Futtaim has a bachelor's degree in economics and business studies from Macalester College, Minnesota, received in 1985.^[1][2]

The Al-Futtaim family split its business interests in 2000 with Abdulla Al Futtaim controlling the automotive and mainly retail business, and his cousin Majid controlling a property development business (now known as Majid Al Futtaim Group).^{[citation needed]}

Al Futtaim was appointed as Vice Chairman of Orient Insurance in 2001.^[3] Since 2010 he has served as chairman of Emirates Islamic^[4] and Al Futtaim HC Securities, vice chairman of Orient Insurance, which is part of Al-Futtaim Group, and a director of the Commercial Bank of Dubai.^[1][2] He is also a Board Member of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a Member of the Dubai Economic Council and Emirates National Development Program.^[4]