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Sir Steve Robson
is an Independent Non-executive Director and a Senior Independent Director on
the Board of Kuwait Energy. He is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the
Nomination Committee. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Xstrata plc from February 2002 to
May 2013.
Sir Steve served the UK’s HM Treasury for 30 years in a number of roles. He was responsible for HM
Treasury’s interests in industry, transport and energy policies.
He has a B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, England and an M.A. from Stanford
University, USA. He was a Non-Executive Director of the Financial Reporting Council, was a member
of the KPMG Chairman's Advisory Board and was Chairman of the KPMG Public Interest Committee.
Mr. Mohamed Yusof Rafe
is an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of Kuwait
Energy and is also the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration
Committee.
He retired from Saudi Aramco after 38 years of service as Senior Vice President. Mohamed is currently
the Chairman of Gabas Albilad Holding Company. He previously held different position, Chairman
of Industrialization & Energy Services Company (TAQA), Chairman of Arabian Drilling Company and
Chairman of Aramco Gulf Operations Company.
Mr. Mohammad Ahmad Husain
is an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of Kuwait
Energy and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.
He has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of EQUATE Petrochemical Company since
April 2012. He is a member of the board of directors of MEGlobal. Mr. Husain is also the board of
director of GPCA, an umbrella association of gulf petrochemical and chemical business organizations.
In the past he also served as a board member of EQUATE, The Kuwait Olefins Company, Kuwait Oil
Company and Kuwait National Petroleum Company Mr Husain has over 34 years’ administrative
and technical experience in the Kuwait oil and gas industry, with competencies in upstream oil and
gas, petroleum affairs, gas operations, petrochemical industry, corporate planning and strategy
development. Mr Husain is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Society of
Strategic Leadership. He has a B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa, USA.
Ms. Rachel English
is an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of Kuwait Energy, and is
also the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.
She has some 30 years' international experience in blue-chip energy companies. Rachel is currently
also a Non-Executive Director of Acacia Mining plc, Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute Ltd,
is on the Audit Committee of the UK Department for International Development, and is a Director of
Helios Social Enterprise.
She has an MA from the University of Oxford and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in England and Wales.
Mr. Abdel F. (Abby) Badwi
is an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of Kuwait Energy.
He is a member of the Remuneration Committee and of the Nomination Committee.
Mr. Badawi is a petroleum industry executive with more than 40 years of international upstream
experience. He is currently Executive Chairman of Americas Petrogas Corp. and Vice Chairman of
Bankers Petroleum Ltd., where he served as President and Chief Executive from 2008 to 2013.
He previously served as President, Chief Executive Officer and director of Rally Energy from 2005
to 2007. He has a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Alexandria, Egypt and is a member of the
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA).
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