Dr. Mugheer Khamis Al Khaili spent the first decade of his professional career in the Special Department of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan. He occupied several prestigious posts in the Department ranging from Financial Auditor to Director General, and Assistant Under Secretary. In 2005, he was appointed Secretary General of the UAE University, and in 2007 he became a member of the Federal National Council, the Khalifa University Board of Trustees, the Sorbonne Paris-Abu Dhabi University Administrative Team, and the Oxford University Advisory Board.