Ms Laila Al Jassmi

CEO - Clinical Support Services Sector
Dubai Health Authority (DHA)

Ms Laila has been recently appointed as the CEO of the clinical support service sector at DHA.

She will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the sector’s strategic plan in accordance with the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) strategic plan. This includes assuring the proper functioning of the directorates in all activities to ensure that customers, stakeholders and employees are satisfied with the functioning of the directives.

Having worked for 19 years at the Dubai Health Authority, she has extensive knowledge of the Government’s healthcare systems, Health reform, strategic direction and planning and delivery of healthcare services.

Prior to this she was the director responsible for delivering the Dubai Health Authority (DHA’s) new heath funding system and its financial future projection.

Laila is a strategic focus person who is prior to this post was the Transition Director for DHA were she was leading the process of the health reform from Department of Health & Medical Services to Dubai Health Authority, prior to which she was the director of planning at DHA.

Laila is a graduate from the College of Allied Health Science and Nursing in Kuwait University and in 2007 secured her Masters in Executive Healthcare Administration from Zayed University in affiliation with Arizona State University, the University of Houston- Clear Lake and the University of Kentucky.

Laila is graduate of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid leadership program 2003.

She has been awarded certificates of appreciation including the Dubai Government Excellence Award (distinguish employee 2009) and the Sheikh Rashid Award for Scientific Outstanding (2008).

Laila retains a number of other interests and responsibilities, including:

• Founder member of Al-Mosanada Ladies Club (Together we fight cancer).
• Member of Health Science Advisory Committee for Dubai & Sharjah Women’s college.
• Member of IT Executive committee at DHA.
• Member of DHA Management Board.
• Member of Dubai Community Centre Committee.
• Security and Justice Taskforce group member of Dubai Strategic Plan.
• Member of DHA Management of Information (JCIA) work group.
• Member of the Excellency program.