Postgraduate student wins Outstanding Achievement Award at the World ID Awards

Brigadier Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi (pictured), a postgraduate research student at London Metropolitan University, has been awarded the ID People’s Award for Outstanding Achievement.

Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, who is General Director of Operations for the Abu Dhabi Police, United Arab Emirates Ministry of Interior, was presented with his award on November 26 during the sixth ID World International Congress in Milan.
The awards were presented to members of the ID Revolution Community, in recognition of their contribution and achievements as thought leaders, innovators and pioneering adopters of the ID Revolution.

Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi is among the most influential people in Abu-Dhabi and the IT Industry. He has been involved with many strategic information and communication projects that have played a significant part in shaping the United Arab Emirates (UAE). His work includes the implementation of smart card technology for identity verification projects.

Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi was head of the steering committee and project manager at the time the United Arab Emirates’ national project was formed and he was instrumental in the management and implementation of the project.

Other work that Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi has been involved with includes iris biometric, the largest iris database in the world, the e-Gate project, which is now used at all UAE airports, and the UAE national ID card.

Currently, he is an active member of the federal e-Government committee. His leadership skills have helped develop Abu Dhabi Police as one of the world’s most effective police forces operating in one of the world’ safest countries.

Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi has been supervised by Dr Peter Oriogun (Director of Study) from the Department of Computing, Communications Technology and Mathematics (CCTM), with Dr Amer Hosin (second supervisor) from the Department of Psychology and Professor Algirdas Pakstas (third supervisor) from CCTM since he enrolled in November 2007 to undertake research into ‘Leadership Styles, Productivity and Management Indicators in the e-Government in Dubai’.

14 December