Who We Are

CILT - UAE Council in Dubai was originally founded in 2002 on the initiative of the former Director General Mr. Cyril Bleasdale and the support of a small number of CILT members situated in Dubai. The aim of setting-up a section in Dubai was to introduce best practice through professional membership and education within the Logistics and Transport Management in UAE Region. Mr. Maurice Flanagan from Emirates Group took the initiative to start this section and Capt. Jitendra Misra from Emarat Maritime LLC took the role of secretary general of the section.

Since its launching (2002) CILT - UAE Council has manage to attract 150 members and membership continuous to grow as the professional people from the industry, business community and students studying an MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain with different universities has recognised the importance and beneficial of becoming members of CILT International. In 2005, CILT - UAE Council has hosted the CILT international conference in Dubai, which was a very successful conference, attended by all councils around the world. In 2007 the council lost one of the founding members Mr. Ron Martin who was very active council members and the former Director General Mr. Cyril Bleasdale have once again took the initiative to re-launch the council activities in Dubai. In December 2007 a council meeting was held at the Emirates Aviation College in Dubai to evaluate the situation and embark on a new strategic plan with the aim of support the local government and private industry. During the same council meeting two key decisions were taken to support the council in UAE.

Emirates Group has accepted to sponsor the main activities of CILT – UAE council and a new office and training facilities has been set-up at the Emirates Aviation College in Dubai to administor and support the membership, education and CPD activities.

Mr. Alex Borg an active CILT member in Malta and UK was given the role of Regional Director and Coordinator to re-launch the membership, training and CPD activities in UAE and Gulf Region.