Brig. Dr. Hesham Alsuwaidi

Brigadier Dr. Hesham Alsuwaidi is the Deputy Director of Emergency Affairs at the General Department of Protective Security and Emergency, Dubai Police. He oversees the force’s emergency, explosives and specialised response capabilities. With more than 30 years of experience in policing and security. He now serves as Vice Chair of the Dubai Event Security Committee. He specialises in major event security, emergency and crisis management, and building specialised national capabilities. He has supervised the security of thousands of local and international events, including COP28 and Expo 2020, with zero security breaches. Brigadier Dr. Hesham led the development of Dubai Police’s national explosives cadre, growing it from a single foreign expert to 22 Emirati specialists and cutting response time from 14.1 to 10 minutes. He also established the force’s first female teams in explosives and crowd management. He represents the UAE in evidence collection and lead post-blast investigation te