His Excellency Engineer Mohamed Al Hammadi
Managing Director and ENEC Chief Executive Officer
Mohamed Al Hammadi has led the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (ENEC) in successfully delivering the UAE Peaceful Nuclear Energy Program, focusing on the implementation of the highest national regulations and international standards of safety, security, quality, transparency and non-proliferation.
Al Hammadi's management responsibilities include leading the organization towards the common goal of powering sustainable growth of the UAE through the generation of clean electricity at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, the UAE and Arab World’s first nuclear energy plant. The plant initially started up in 2020, with a unit added online annually. Today, the plant generated 40TWh of clean baseload electricity annually.
Al Hammadi leads ENEC and oversees its Joint Venture subsidiaries: ENEC Operations, which is responsible for operating and maintaining the Barakah plant, and ENEC Commercial, which manages the financial and commercial interests of the project. Over 3,000 people work across the organizations, spanning over 50 nationalities, making it one of the most multicultural and multinational energy projects globally.
Al Hammadi has a strong background in power and utility projects, including management, construction, finance and administration. Prior to joining ENEC, Al Hammadi was General Manager of the UAE Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) where he led a transformational management process focused on the implementation of best practices and international standards to the authority.
Al Hammadi is Chairman of the World Nuclear Association (2024 – 2026), and President of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) (for the 2022 – 2024 period), and a board member of WANO Atlanta Center. He is also a Board Member of the SMR developer Terrapower and a member of the American Nuclear Society, and the Project Management Institute (USA).
In 2019, Ajou University in South Korea recognized Al Hammadi’s vision of the future of the electricity with an Honorary Doctorate, becoming one of eight leaders to receive such as prestigious accolade in the history of the university.
Al Hammadi gained his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and his Master of Science degree in Engineering Management, both from the Florida Institute of Technology, USA.