[citation needed] He is the son of Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, former interior minister.
Sheikh Hamdan holds a BSc degree in Economics from UAE University, and took advanced aviation courses in the UK.
He served as the General Manager of the Department of Civil Aviation in Abu Dhabi, and later became chairman of the board.
[6] Sheikh Hamdan has also held the position of chairman of the board of several private companies,[4] primarily concerned with aviation.
He is also chairman of the board for the National Corporation for Tourism and Hotels, the Sharia investments firm Arady,[10] and the Bank AlFalah-Pakistan.