Corporate Profile

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Experienced Management Team
Sara Akbar (CEO)
 Co-founder of Kuwait Energy
 Over 30 years of oil & gas experience
 Previously worked at Kuwait Foreign Petroleum
Exploration Company (KUFPEC) and KOC
Roger Phillips (CFO)
 9 years at Kuwait Energy
 Over 30 years of oil & gas experience
 Previously worked at Hess, Regal Petroleum,
ExxonMobil and PwC
Dr. Mansour Aboukhamseen (Executive Chairman)
 Co-founder of Kuwait Energy
 Over 25 years of oil & gas experience
 Previously worked at Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
Mohammed Aboush (SVP – Iraq)
 Over 40 years of experience in petroleum engineering,
production pipelines and oil & gas processing
 Expertise in managing relationships in Iraq
Substantial In-house MENA & Technical
Expertise
Ahmed Haider (Head of Projects & Operations)
 18 years of oil & gas experience
 Mechanical engineer
 Previously worked at Schlumberger, KOC and KUFPEC
Paul Ditchburn (SVP - Strategy & Portfolio)
 Over 25 years of oil & gas experience
 8 years at Kuwait Energy
 Previously worked at Santos
Mohammad Al Howqal (SVP – HSS&E, Risk & Compliance)
 Over 30 years of oil & gas experience
 Expertise in managing relationships in Egypt and
Yemen, both operated and non-operated projects
Alex Paterson (General Counsel & Company Secretary)
 Over 7 years at Kuwait Energy
 Previously worked at Dubai Holding, Dorsey &
Whitney, Brown Rudnick, Bird and Bird law firms
Full team of in-house geologists, subsurface specialists, drilling / facilities engineers
90%+ local staff in country of operations
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