Experienced Management Creating Value
through Operational Excellence and Cost
Control
Sara Akbar
CEO
Co-founder of KE
Over 30 years O&G
experience
Previously worked at
KUFPEC and Kuwait
Oil Company
Roger Phillips
CFO
7 years at KE
Over 30 years O&G
experience
Previously worked at
Hess, Regal
Petroleum,
ExxonMobil and PwC
Mohammad Al Howqal
COO
Over 35 years in oil
and gas industry
Previously worked at
KUFPEC and Kuwait Oil
Company
John Hoholick
Sr. VP HSSE, Risk &
Security
Over 30 years in global
oil and gas industry
Previously worked at
ExxonMobil (Ukraine
and Kuwait), Esso
(Angola), Exxon
(Kazakhstan and
Azerbaijan) and Early
Assignments
Mohammad Aboush
Sr. VP Iraq
Over 27 years in
Petroleum
Engineering
Previously worked in
Directorate of
National
Manufacturing for Oil
Equipment, Ministry
of Oil (as a Director
General), Iraq and
North Oil Company
Turning around underperforming assets
Area A (Egypt) development
Burg El Arab and Abu Sennan (Egypt)
Re-aligning operatorships
Burg El Arab and Abu Sennan (Egypt)
Block 49 (Yemen)
Deep Local Capabilities and Relationships
28
Over 30 years in
the oil and gas
industry
Previously worked
at Kuwait Oil
Company
Over 15 years in the
oil and gas industry
Previously worked
at Markaz Energy
Fund (Kuwait
Financial Centre)
and Kuwait Oil
Company
May Al-Zanki
Sr. VP Strategy and
Business Development
Qasem Al-Mejadi
Sr. VP Technology
and Talent
