Ismail Khudr Al-Shatti

Ismail Khudr Al-Shatti is among the prominent personnel in the political arena of Kuwait and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). He is currently serving as the head of advisory committee for the prime minister of Kuwait. He is the former deputy prime minister of Kuwait; before which he had functioned as minister, Ministry of Communications. Al-Shatti has held many key positions in the administrative bodies of Kuwait and is a well accepted think tank in futuristic and scientific decision makings of national and international levels. Though a proven multifaceted personality, he is generally regarded as one of the pioneers of futures studies in the region.

Having got excellent academic records in scientific and technological sectors, he brought revolutionary ideas into practice while handling administrative responsibilities. Al-Shatti earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from University of Southampton, UK. He is an engineer in Industrial Engineering by his masters and Chemical Engineering by bachelor’s degree. He worked as Dean of Faculty of Technological Studies. He has published many scientific papers in Chemical Engineering and Futures Researches. Al-Shatti has also been a noted journalist and a columnist in local and Arabic Newspapers and magazines such as Al-Watan, Al Qabbas, Al sharq al Awsat, Al Hayat, and Al Kuwait Magazine. He has been the editor in chief of Al Mujtama’a Magazine for 12 years.

Al-Shatti was the CEO of Dar Al Mashora for consulting Services and Gulf Institute for Futures and Strategic Studies. He has a lifetime membership of the World Futures Society, has been the Arabian Regional Coordinator of World Futures Society since 1989, member of Millennium Project of the American Council for the United Nations University and was a Planning Committee Member and Chairman of Gulf Node.

Membership of Tony Blair's Faith Foundation

As of 2014, Al-Shatti holds membership of International Religious Advisory Council of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation.^[1] In April 2014, he was an adviser to the Kuwaiti government and a member of Blair’s advisory council.^[2] According to the Daily Telegraph, the organisation Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Watch found Al-Shatti was a leading member of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM), the Kuwaiti branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.^[2]

References

1. http://www.tonyblairfaithfoundation.org/about-us/who-we-are/advisory-council.html
2. Robert Verkaik; Robert Mendick (13 April 2014). "Tony Blair’s advisers and their 'ties to extremist group’". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2014.