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Dr Manssour Aboukhamseen
is the Executive Chairman of the Board and is also a member of the
Nomination Committee.
Dr Aboukhamseen is a successful business entrepreneur, leader and founder of several successful
business enterprises in Kuwait. He has over 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry in
Kuwait Oil Company (‘KOC’), Zahra Group Holding and Kuwait Energy.
He has a Ph.D. in Modern History from the University of California at Berkeley.
Ms. Sara Akbar
is the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board.
Sara Akbar is a renowned professional and personality in the oil and gas industry, both in Kuwait and
internationally. She has over 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry having worked in several
challenging positions in Kuwait Oil Company (‘KOC’) and Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration
Company (‘KUFPEC’).
She has a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Kuwait University.
Mr. Roger Phillips
is the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board.
Mr Phillips has over 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry primarily in international,
upstream finance roles.
He joined Price Waterhouse and qualified as a Chartered Accountant before pursuing oil industry
finance roles with companies such as ExxonMobil and Amerada Hess.
Mr Phillips was with Amerada Hess for nearly twenty years where he served as Vice President and
Director in London and New York. Before joining Kuwait Energy, Mr Phillips was Finance Director at
Regal Petroleum plc between 2004 and 2007.
Dr Yousef Al Awadi
KBE is a Non-Executive Director on the Board, and is also the Chairman of the
Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Dr Al Awadi is the Chief Executive of YAA Consultancy, Kuwait. He has previously held and currently
holds Board directorships on several government and private sector entities in the financial, industrial
and real estate sectors, both in Kuwait and internationally. He was formerly the President and Chief
Executive Officer of Kuwait Investment Office - London. He was also the Chief General Manager and
CEO of Gulf Bank, Kuwait.
Dr Al Awadi has a BA from the American University of Beirut and an MA and Ph.D. in Economics from
the University of Colorado, USA.
In 2004, he was awarded the Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British
Empire, KBE.
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