1. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber
Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber is an Emirati senior leader who is a leader in the three aspects of government, energy, and climate diplomacy.
He is the Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of the United Arab Emirates, Group CEO and Managing Director of ADNOC, and Chairman of Masdar. He was the President of COP28 in 2023 and guided the summit to the historic UAE Consensus.
Key facts
- Born: 1973 (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
- Education PhD (Economics) – Coventry University; MBA, California State University, Los Angeles; BSc (Chemical Engineering), University of Southern California.
- ADNOC CEO since: 2016
- Ministerial position: Industry and Advanced Technology (since 2020)
- Awards: UN “Champion of the Earth” (2012); CBE (UK 2013)
Leadership at ADNOC
Since his appointment in 2016, Al Jaber has revolutionized ADNOC’s operations and opened its doors to the global capital markets and its 2030 vision, which includes more profitable and low-carbon growth.
Over this period, ADNOC listed its first subsidiary, attracted significant foreign direct investment and took on digital innovation such as artificial intelligence and blockchain to boost efficiency and sustainability.
2. Amin H. Nasser
Amin H. Nasser is a Saudi businessman and engineer who is the President and CEO of Saudi Aramco, a global integrated energy and chemicals company.
He was appointed CEO in 2015 and has been responsible for worldwide operations that have played a crucial role in both energy market and the economic development plan in Saudi Arabia.
Key facts
- Current role: President & CEO, Saudi Aramco (since 2015)
- Nationality: Saudi
- Education: B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
- Board: BlackRock, MIT Presidential CEO Advisory Board, World Economic Forum International Business Council, JP Morgan International Council.
- Major honors: Society of Petroleum Engineers Lifetime Achievement Award (2017); Energy Intelligence Executive of the Year (2020)
Career and leadership
Nasser was hired by Saudi Aramco in 1982 as a petroleum engineer and has climbed the management ladder to the production and reservoir management. Before he got the appointment of the CEO, he worked with the company as the Senior Vice President of Upstream in charge of the largest capital investment program of the company.
With the leadership of Aramco, the company has not only continued to be the largest oil producer in the world, but it has also ventured in the downstream and chemical business, with a billion dollar investment and joint ventures.
3. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi
Saad Sheride Al-Kaabi is a Qatari engineer, government minister and energy executive who is president and CEO of QatarEnergy and Minister of State for Energy Affairs of Qatar. He is a well-known personality in the strategy of energy expansion of the nation, which makes Qatar one of the leaders in liquefied natural gas (LNG) and renewable energy investments worldwide.
Key facts
- Full name: Saad bin Sherida Al-Kaabi
- Nationality: Qatari
- Current positions: Minister of state of energy affairs; President and CEO, QatarEnergy.
- Education: B.Sc., Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering, Pennsylvania State University.
- Major award: the Energy Intelligence “Energy Executive of the Year Award (2022)
Career and leadership
Al-Kaabi joined QatarEnergy (then Qatar Petroleum) as a student trainee in 1986 and worked his way up the ranks through engineering and management roles to become the president and CEO in 2014. He joined QatarEnergy in 2018 as a Minister of State in the energy affairs and a deputy chairman combining corporate and national policy in energy. He is the chairman of the Industries Qatar and a board member of the Qatar Investment Authority.
4. Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah
Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah (born 1971) is a Kuwaiti business magnate and representative of the Kuwaiti Al-Sabah family, which owns a large portion of the country. He is the deputy chairman and chief executive officer of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, a state-owned oil and gas company and one of the world’s largest. His control is vital in the development of the international policy on energy and the diversification of the economy in Kuwait.
Key facts
- Full name: Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah
- Born: July 5, 1971, Kuwait
- Position: Deputy Chairman & CEO, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (since March 2022)
- Education: A.B., Princeton University; J.D., Harvard Law School
- Sector: Energy (Oil & Gas)
Career and Leadership
The elimination of crude production, refining, and international marketing, also involving eight subsidiaries, is headed by Sheikh Nawaf, who became the CEO of KPC in 2022. KPC already projected the revenues to reach approximately 118billion dollars in the 20242025 financial year and has already found some of the biggest oil fields, such as the Al-Nokhatha and Al-Julaiaa oil fields, in its tenure. He is also the chairperson of the strategic partnerships, including a 15-year LNG supply agreement with QatarEnergy.
5. Rashed Saud Al Shamsi
Rashed Saud Al Shamsi is an Emirati businessman who has been instrumental in the petrochemical and energy business in the United Arab Emirates. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Mubadala Energy, the foreign energy business of Mubadala Investment Company where he manages the foreign oil, gas, and renewable energy business. His career is a diversification of the energy portfolio of the UAE.
Key facts
- Current role: CEO, Mubadala Energy
- Nationality: United Arab Emirates
- Former positions: Deputy Chairman, Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association; Director of Business & Commercial Support, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
- Sector focus: Energy transition, hydrocarbons, and petrochemicals
- Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Career background
Al Shamsi has served his entire career in top management positions in the large industrial and energy businesses in the UAE. He was also employed in ADNOC Group as the Director of Business and Commercial Support before assuming the role of head of Mubadala Energy, where he was in charge of strategic alliances and commercialization. Other groups with which he has been associated include the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association, where he works as the Deputy Chairman and helps in the policy and cooperation of the chemicals sector in the area.
6. Fatema Al Nuaimi
Fatema Mohamed Abdulla Al Shaibeh Al Nuaimi is an Emirati businesswoman and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ADNOC Gas, which is a big subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. In January 2025, she was appointed among the key personalities who are shaping the energy transition and gas plan of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Key facts
- Position: CEO, ADNOC Gas (since 2025)
- Previous role: CEO, ADNOC LNG (2019–2022)
- Parent organization: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
- Focus areas: Growth, decarbonization, sustainability, innovation
- Boards & committees: ADNOC Offshore, Emarat, ADIPEC Executive Committee
Career and leadership
Al Nuaimi is experienced in the gas and downstream operations of ADNOC, with more than 20 years experience. She was the Executive Vice President of Downstream Business Management before she was called to head ADNOC Gas where she served as the CEO of ADNOC LNG where she managed to streamline the operations and advance the UAE gas master plan. Her leadership has now spread to integrated gas processing, liquefied natural gas coupled with marketing activities which are now at the center of the energy diversification ambitions of the country.
7. Tarek Al Nuaimi
Tarek Al Nuaimi is an Emirati businessman and the Chief Executive Officer of the state-owned Dubai-based energy group, Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC). His leadership reflects the bigger plan of the United Arab Emirates to correlate sustainable energy practices with the national economic diversification and innovation agenda.
Key facts
- Position: CEO, Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC)
- Industry: Energy (oil, gas, retail, sustainability)
- Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Parent entity: Investment Corporation of Dubai
- Focus: Digital transformation, energy efficiency, sustainable fuel innovation
Career and leadership
Tarek Al Nuaimi was set on his career path in the lively energy sector of the UAE and has reached the pinnacle of the management structure and become the CEO of one of the most integrated oil and gas corporations, ENOC, in the Middle East. As a CEO, he oversees the refining, distribution, and retail business, including a chain of ENOC service stations (large) and the ENOC Processing Company. His tenure has seen the establishment of programs to ensure that the business model of ENOC is aligned with the Dubai Energy Strategy 2050, which aims at sustainability and the reduction of carbon intensity.
8. Ashraf Al Ghazzawi
Ashraf Ahmed Al Ghazzawi is a Saudi businessman, the Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development in Saudi Aramco. Having been hired into the company in 1995, he served as a leader in different roles, including engineering, finance and corporate strategy, which contributed to Aramco taking its business to other regions and strategizing its capital.
Key facts
- Current role: Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development, Saudi Aramco (since 2023)
- Education: Ph.D. in Engineering, University of Manchester; Leadership Development, Harvard Business School
- Board roles: Chairman, Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Co. and Finance and Accounting Excellence Academy; Director, Aramco Ventures, Sadara Chemical Company, and Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare
- Nationality: Saudi Arabian
Career and leadership at Aramco
Al Ghazzawi has been working with Riyadh Refinery since 1995, and he has ascended the ladder of technical and administrative responsibilities in the processing control, advisory services, and planning of plants. International R&D expansions were initiated by him and the Research and Development Center of Aramco reported to him in 2012. He subsequently served as the General Manager in the Planning, Budgeting and Performance Management department, played a major role in the IPO and the inaugural corporate bond program that Aramco embarked on for the first time that the company’s venture into the debt capital market.
9. Musabbeh Al Kaabi
Musabbeh Al Kaabi is an Emirati energy executive, the Executive Director of Low Carbon Solutions and International Growth at the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. He is credited with leading the initiative of ensuring that the UAE is moving in the right direction towards sustainable and diversified energy investments.
Key facts
- Current role: Executive Director, Low Carbon Solutions & International Growth, ADNOC (since 2023)
- Former roles: CEO, UAE Investments Platform, Mubadala Investment Company
- Education: B.Sc. Geophysical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines; M.Sc. Petroleum Geoscience, Imperial College London
- Board memberships: Masdar, Yahsat, First Abu Dhabi Bank, and others
- Nationality: United Arab Emirates
Career and leadership
Al Kaabi began working with ADNOC, where he served the company for 16 years before being appointed as head of the Exploration Division. He would then go on to work with Mubadala Investment Company as CEO of Mubadala Petroleum and then head of the Petroleum and Petrochemicals platform, which has a multibillion-dollar global energy portfolio.
He also became part of the UAE Investments Platform and the national industrial and strategic divisions of Mubadala in 2021, and returned to ADNOC to lead the low-carbon and international expansion projects in 2023.
10. Ali Al Jarwan
Ali Rashid Al Jarwan is an Emirati businessperson and petroleum engineer, and since 2017, Chief Executive Officer of Dragon Oil. He brings with him a total of 35 years of experience in the oil and gas business, and he served as one of the leaders in the Abu Dhabi national oil company and assisted with offshore exploration and production in the whole of the Middle East.
Key facts
- Full name: Ali Rashid Ali Al Jarwan
- Current role: CEO, Dragon Oil (since 2017)
- Former role: CEO, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (2006–2016)
- Education: B.Sc. Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa; MBA, IMD Switzerland
- Honors: Honorary Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers; AIME Honorary Membership (2013)
Career and leadership
In 1979, Al Jarwan started working at the Abu Dhabi Company of Onshore Oil Operations as a petroleum engineer and rose in the ranks of the technical and management roles. He managed ADMA-OPCO as its leader (lasting ten years), supervising key offshore oil fields like Umm Shaif and Zakum- some of the largest in the world. He joined the Emirates National Oil Company as the wholly owned subsidiary, Dragon Oil, to manage its international portfolio in 2017, operating in Turkmenistan, Egypt, and other countries as the CEO.
