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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