Nassar Al Mubarak serves as CEO of Reaching the Last Mile, a portfolio of global health programs funded by the philanthropy of the UAE President, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He leads Reaching the Last Mile (RLM) in service of its mission – to reduce the burden of preventable diseases affecting the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities.

Nassar has built and overseen the development of RLM’s strategy and program portfolio, managing its relationships with governments, philanthropies, and civil society. During his tenure, he oversaw the launch of the Reaching the Last Mile Fund, a now US$500m multidonor platform seeking to eliminate two neglected tropical diseases – river blindness and lymphatic filariasis – from Africa and Yemen, in addition to multiyear investments in polio and malaria eradication.

In 2019, Nassar was part of the effort to convene donors at the Reaching the Last Mile Forum in Abu Dhabi, culminating in US$2.6bn in commitments towards the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. In 2023, he managed the delivery of a landmark pledging moment at COP28 that secured more than US$777m towards global efforts to combat neglected tropical diseases.

Nassar also serves as part of the leadership team within the Office of Development Affairs, Abu Dhabi, which manages a global portfolio of philanthropic and development initiatives on behalf of UAE leadership in support of high-impact and inclusive development solutions.

Nassar is a board member for the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE) and the RBM Partnership to End Malaria. He holds a master’s degree from Harvard and earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Boston University.