Al Shamsi is currently the President & CEO of Higher Colleges of Technology[1] in UAE.[2] a role he has had since March 2015, when he was appointed by Federal Decree 29 for 2015. He also sits on the board of several prestigious institutions. UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, had issued a Federal Decree appointing Dr. Abdullatif Al Shamsi, as President of the Higher Colleges of Technology.[3] HCT is the largest higher educational institution in the UAE, with about 23,000 male and female students attending 16 campuses located throughout the UAE.