Chairman Message

Mr. Yaser Saeed Al Mazrouei – Executive Director, People, Commercial and Corporate Support (ADNOC)

Welcome to ADNOC Schools – where we seek to nurture and grow a multi-skilled, dynamic, and engaged sustainable talent pipeline for the nation.

At ADNOC Schools, we have future-proofed our educational system, while accounting for the unique needs and abilities of every student. Our goal is to inspire and empower the next generation to interact with the world as socially responsible, active contributors to society, equipped to achieve their utmost potential in a rapidly evolving future of work. As such, the success of our student body is ensured through a fulfilling, child-centered and contextually organized American curriculum which emphasizes science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects in preparing learners for careers of the future. This approach is underscored by a school-wide consideration for student wellbeing—complemented by the positive reinforcement of individual accomplishments.

As highly capable and experienced professionals, the educators at ADNOC schools are dedicated to providing quality instruction and guidance to support every student’s learning journey. They closely engage with ADNOC Group’s Corporate Social Responsibility priorities across a range of highly impactful youth-centric STEM programs, initiatives, and challenges that have been designed to shape young minds with the vital skills and passion to power sustainable societal growth and accelerate the energy transition. A few examples of these programs include ‘Yas in Schools’, ‘SOURCE renewable water’ and the ‘Special Olympic Health program’– all of which are connected to ADNOC’s mission and work.

We also believe in the importance of heightening Emirati students’ deep-rooted understanding of the UAE’s traditions, customs and values —enabling them to navigate the diverse global landscape with a strong foundation based in their own cultural background. As such, we fully participate in the ‘National Identity Program’ – with our schools recently obtaining an ‘Outstanding’ rating by ADEK in 2023.

Recognizing the pivotal role of parental figures in student success, we wholeheartedly invite all parents to actively take part in their children’s education and our school community. To this end, our staff and administration consistently endeavor to foster strong parent-teacher partnerships.

I take pride in affirming that ADNOC Schools are exceptionally well-managed, with skilled and devoted staff, alongside strong resources and infrastructure— all coming together to support our motivated leaders of the future.

We pledge to continuously collaborate with you for the benefit of our cherished students and eagerly anticipate your integration into our wider school community.

SAHAR COOPER

Chief Executive Officer

Sahar has ceo extensive experience in global education management over a period of 25 years. She has spent the past 19 years in the UAE in various senior leadership roles having been the Chief Schools Operations Officer at GEMS Education and the Associate Director of Operations at the American University of Sharjah.

Sahar has extensive management experience in leading the delivery of large, complex and multi-site projects in education. She has an established track record of business performance improvement in education through operational delivery, supply chain management, risk and governance, health and safety, strategy development and execution, project management, M&A integration, facilities and asset management, talent development, succession planning and change leadership.

Prior to joining Aldar Education, Sahar was the Chief Schools Operations Officer at GEMS Education one of the largest K-12 private education providers globally. Her role centred around the empowering of schools to focus on delivering the best possible education by providing centralised operational support and commercial leadership for all non-academic group functions; focused on the alignment of strategy and programs to drive business value for internal and external stakeholders.

Sahar was educated in the USA and attained a Master’s Degree (MBA) in International Management, graduating with honors from Southeastern University Washington DC.

STEPHEN SHARPLES

Executive Director – Education

Stephen has worked in education for over 20 years and spent most of that time in a variety of leadership positions, including, Head of School and Principal/CEO.

Stephen has supported schools and Principals in the UK, North & South America and the UAE to develop new curriculum models, introduce innovative programs of study, train senior leaders and prepare schools for inspection. He has vast experience in school start-ups, new school buildings and expansions and raising school performance standards.

In addition to his work in school leadership he has also been employed by the International Baccalaureate Organization as a consultant and was made an IB Ambassador for the Europe, Africa and Middle East region. He has extensive experience of school improvement, raising standards and developing leadership capacity. He is particularly proud of having mentored several direct reports who later progressed to be successful Principals across the world.

In addition to his Bachelor’s Degree, Stephen holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) and has a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership, Management and Learning.

Noura Al Omaira

Head of Schools Administrations

Noura Al Omaira has a track record of successful education and administration improvement. Noura began her education career in 1999 and currently, she is Head of Schools Administration for all ADNOC Schools oversee all school operations including students’ wellbeing, country programs activities, ADNOC Schools education committee, and overall daily HC activities including secondees management and staff up to principles’ selection as an active member playing a major role in creating smooth partnerships between ADNOC, ADNOC Schools, and ALDAR. Her role has been expanded to include building strategic relationships with the Ministry of Education, the Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) in Abu Dhabi, and other educational institutions. Additionally, she is responsible for enhancing the branding of ADNOC Schools, improving its ADEK rating, promoting National Identity, and overseeing audit and governance efforts.

She has supported Emirati graduates through implementing ADNOC Career Programs for UAE Nationals and she is a member of Women Arab Diplomats arranged by the General Women’s Union. Her educational experiences have offered her the opportunity to ensure academic success through process, communication and training improvements.

This is mainly accomplished through collaboration with different individuals, such as educators, parents, and students. Her educational philosophy is based on her uncompromising belief that all students can learn, given a positive learning environment, strong and knowledgeable leadership, a committed and focused educational team, and an encouraging community.

Additionally she is responsible for the development and supervision of all marketing and communications strategies for the school. She oversee the development of goals, strategies, KPI and implementation plans to execute comprehensive marketing campaigns for ADNOC Schools across UAE.

She is successfully handling all the Strategic management in school business refers to the planning, management, utilization of resources to define and achieve objectives efficiently. It also includes a review of internal processes and external factors impacting the business. Formulating and implementing strategies allow a school to proceed with its action plan.

Salman Masud

Manager – IT Services & Operations

Salman Masud moved to the UAE in June 2008 and brings over 16 years of IT management and leadership experience to ADNOC Schools. Salman joined ADNOC Schools in April 2016 following a successful 8 years in UAE working with various institutions.

Salman is responsible for leading all school-based IT Services and operations along with the development and implementation of IT strategy, IT service delivery, and creating value for our students and staff by providing congruent and sustainable IT solutions in support of the vision of our leadership to promote STEM-based education.

In addition to his MS degree in Computer Sciences, Salman holds various IT certifications and training in IT Service Management, IT infrastructure, business applications, Cloud computing, Storage, and security.

Sneha Shetty

Finance Manager

Sneha Shetty has taken over as Senior Accounting Manager- ADNOC Schools in March’20. Prior to this, Sneha served as Finance Manager in various other companies in UAE as well as India.

She has overall more than 15 years of experience across industries encompassing commercial and corporate aspects of industry.

Ms. Sneha is member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. She has obtained degree in B.Com from Mumbai University and also is member of Abu Dhabi Chapter of ICAI.