Ibrahim is the Infrastructure, Freeports and Investments Zones Advisor at the Department for Business and Trade, as well as being part of the Connected Places Catapults Associates Network, where he leads on the establishment and mobilisation of the Freeport innovation Network (FIN), a body that works closely with a wide range of government departments and agencies. The FIN is a body established for and on behalf of the Freeports to help drive their innovation objectives. Ibrahim has over 35+ years in the design, development, financing, and operation of building types and across a broad range of infrastructure asset classes, 10 years of which were based in the UAE delivering the infrastructure objects of the Abu Dhabi government. Ibrahim has worked both within the public and private sector within in the UK and globally.