▁and ▁joined ▁the ▁U AE ▁cabinet . ▁Dr . ▁Al ▁J ab er ' s ▁appointment ▁was ▁approved ▁by ▁She ikh ▁K hal ifa ▁bin ▁Z ay ed ▁Al ▁N ah yan , ▁the ▁U AE ' s ▁president . ▁Spe aking ▁of ▁the ▁appointment ▁of ▁Dr . ▁Al ▁J ab er ▁and ▁other ▁minister s , ▁She ikh ▁Moh ammed ▁bin ▁R ash id ▁Al ▁M akt ou m , ▁the ▁U AE ' s ▁vice ▁president ▁and ▁prime ▁minister ▁and ▁r uler ▁of ▁Dub ai , ▁said ▁the ▁new ▁cabinet ▁has ▁" you ng ▁faces ▁with ▁new ▁ideas ▁and ▁energy ▁to ▁keep ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁rapid ▁changes ▁and ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁our ▁people ' s ▁top ▁prior ities ." ▁ ▁Al ▁J ab er ▁holds ▁a ▁B Sc ▁in ▁Chem ical ▁Engineering ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Southern ▁California ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁a ▁Ph D ▁in ▁business ▁and ▁econom ics ▁from ▁Cov entry ▁University ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁and ▁an ▁M BA ▁from ▁the ▁California ▁State ▁University ▁at ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁ ▁After ▁his ▁appointment , ▁Al ▁J ab er , ▁revealed ▁a ▁plan ▁to ▁modern ize ▁AD NO C ▁and ▁make ▁its ▁operations ▁more ▁prof itable . ▁The ▁plan ▁includes ▁stream lin ing ▁AD NO C ' s ▁operations ▁to ▁improve ▁profit ability ▁and ▁working ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁more ▁commer cially ▁mind ed ▁culture ▁among ▁the ▁firm ' s ▁employees ; ▁the ▁goal ▁is ▁to ▁put ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁AD NO C ' s ▁operations ▁on ▁equal ▁foot ing ▁with