Alia AlHammadi
Acting Partnership and Commercial Department Director
Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi
Alia AlHammadi is an operations and events professional with expertise in team leadership, strategic planning, programme delivery and stakeholder management.
She has experience coordinating complex projects across departments, working with senior leaders, clients and vendors to deliver programmes efficiently and within defined timelines and budgets.
Her approach combines strategic planning with hands-on project management, overseeing projects from initial planning through to delivery and post-event support.
She has led teams, developed operational processes, managed stakeholder relationships and produced reporting to support informed decision-making. Her experience also includes workforce planning, departmental policy development and continuous process improvement.
AlHammadi is part of the team at the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, which opened in November 2025 and is the largest natural history museum in the Middle East. The museum explores the history of life on Earth through immersive galleries and collections, including the Murchison meteorite, which contains amino acids and other organic material.
Working in a major new cultural attraction, AlHammadi brings together operational leadership, event and programme management and cross-departmental collaboration.
Her role involves supporting teams and projects in a complex museum environment, with a focus on creating efficient processes and delivering a consistent experience for visitors, partners and stakeholders.
