By Jessica

It’s hard to believe Ali Khalfan Saleh Al Jallaf has anything to learn about logistics. Since joining the Department of Civil Aviation in 1989, he has become an industry leader, for example, founding Dubai Logistics City and the Dubai Flower Center. Today, Al Jallaf serves as Vice President of the Cargo Unit at Dubai Cargo Village. He is also a permanent member of the Executive Board of the National Association of Freight and Logistics.

Despite years of experience in the logistcs industry, Mr. Al Jallaf insists he is still learning. “I’m really happy I work in cargo because it’s a school for me,” he says. “I learn a lot. I’m still learning, even now.”

Al Jallaf says, thanks to his industry, he is never bored. In cargo you meet a lot of activities – passengers, traders, porters, airlines, freight operations, government, custorms. You get all the knowledge.

Al Jallaf says conference like FIATA are ideal places to learn more about logistics. He says he values the events’s organised forums, and he particularly likes the information opportunities to learn from fellow logistics professionals. In fact, Al Jallaf insists networking at conferences such as this has contributed to his career. If conferences are 50% knowledge to him, the other is connection.

Al Jallaf beams with pride to say he knows almost everyone in the industry. FIATA, after all, he says, is about friendship, not only business.