Obaid Al Tayer (Arabic: عبيد الطاير; born October 1952) is an Emirati businessman and politician.

He is the Chairman of Al Tayer Group[1] and served as cabinet member and Minister of State for Financial Affairs in the United Arab Emirates in the Ministry of Finance.

[2] In November 2019 Al Tayer was appointed as Chairman of Etisalat (Emirates Telecommunication Group Company PJSC).

The platform was launched by Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President of the UAE.

[citation needed] Al Tayer also chaired the Annual Meeting of the World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2019.