The
Mubadala Development Company ( ) is a state owned
company of the Abu
Dhabi
government in the United Arab Emirates
. Mubadala is practically the investment
vehicle of the Abu Dhabi government, According to its website, its
main activities are:
- Acquisition of new companies and strategical holdings in
existing companies
- Diversified Investments
- Strategic partnership
Currently Mubadala has invested in the
energy,
telecommunication,
aerospace,
automotives,
healthcare,
real
estate and
ship building
sectors.
Subsidiaries
Mubadala operations are divided into three sections:
The Operations Group
- Acquisitions Unit
- Aerospace & Technology Unit
- Energy & Industry Unit
- Healthcare Unit
- Infrastructures Unit
- Abu Dhabi
Terminals (100%) - Operation of Port Zayed
in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi Terminals is
managed by DP
World
through an agreement
- UAE University Management
& Development - a concession with UAE university in which
Mubadala and other investors will own UAE university by providing
the funds to construct their new campus in Al Ain
, fitting it
and expanding it. The new campus will be 280,000 square
meters.
- Properties Development
The Finances & Corporate Affairs Group
Handling the internal affairs of Mubadala by providing it with
financial, legal and professional services.
The Investment Management Group
The investment management group no longer exists as a central
standalone function at Mubadala, and its responsabilities have been
dispersed to the individual units within the operations grou
[http://www.mubadala.ae
Managing the various investment portfolios of Mubadala:
SR Technics controversy in Ireland
In February 2009 Mubadalas SR Technics group decided to close their
Irish Operation (based in Dublin) with the loss of 1,135 jobs.
Controversy arose from the decision by SR Technics not to cover any
shortfall in the pension scheme of the staff affected. Mubadala
also offered the Irish staff one of the worst redundancy packages
in Irish history (0.84 weeks pay per year of service). This was
despite assurances to staff that during the transfer of undertaking
from
FLS industries that all their conditions of employment
would remain similar to that of
Aer
Lingus employees.The Irish Minister for Foreign affairs
instructed Irelands closest ambassador to the UAE to impress upon
Mubadala the necessity to honour their commitments.
References
- "About Mubadala", Mubadala Website.
- "The
Investment Management Group, Mubadala Website.
- "Abu Dhabi Takes 8% Stake in Advanced Micro,
The
New York Times.
- "New Abu Dhabi Shareholder Brings New Alliance For
Ferrari", carpages.co.uk.
- "SR Technics staff step up fight on redundancy
deal", Irish Independent
- "Mubadala has been asked to honour
commitments", www.rte.ie
External links