Dubai announces a new chairman for DP World

Ahram Online , Friday 13 Feb 2026

Dubai announced on Friday a new chairman for DP World, one of the world’s largest logistics companies.

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Dubai Ports World (DP World). AFP

 

The state-run WAM said that Essa Kazim was named DP World’s chairman and Yuvraj Narayan was named group CEO. Those were positions held by Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem. 

The state-run WAM news agency also reported that Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, named a new head of the city-state’s Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation. That was also a position held by bin Sulayem.

DP World is a logistics giant that runs the Jebel Ali port in Dubai and operates terminals in other ports around the world. It has long been a pillar of the economy of the Middle Eastern city.

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