Khalid Alrazooqi
CIO Chief Information Officer PADI Instructor, General Director of AI for Dubai police, and social media influencer

Winner of
35
Awards
PADI Instructor and social media influencer
Biography
Born and raised in Dubai – where residents have access to the beautiful sea year-round – Khalid Alrazooqi wasn’t always enamored with the ocean. In 2014, a group of friends asked him to join in a PADI Open Water Diver course, but he was afraid to even think about swimming in the pool due to a near-drowning incident when he was five. “I started to fight my inner soul to change that mindset, taking a swimming lesson first and then the course,” he says. “When I took my first breath underwater, my mind clicked. Scuba diving has permanently shifted my lifestyle – from someone who nearly drowned to a person who can’t stay away from the sea and the underwater life.”
Khalid didn’t stop at Open Water, and has since reached Master Scuba Diver and PADI Divemaster; he now has 14 certifications and plans on going for his PADI Instructor. “Ultimately, I want to encourage our people in UAE to be scuba divers, helping to protect the oceans across the globe from the pollution and other aspects. I also want to work closely with the government in UAE to focus on scuba diving as a diving tourism destination.”
