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Mohamed Yusof Rafie
Independent Director
Roger Phillips
Chief Financial Officer
Mohamed Yusof Rafie
has previously worked for Saudi Aramco, where he held
a number of positions including: Senior Vice President - Gas Operations and Vice
President – Petroleum Engineering.
He is the Chairman of the Board for Industrialization & Energy Services Company
(TAQA) and was previously a Board member of the National Committee for World
Petroleum Congress and Chairman of the Board of Aramco Gulf Operations
Company.
He has a B.Sc in Petroleum Engineering from Cairo University, Egypt.
Mr. Rafie is an independent director on the Board, and is also the Chairman of the
Nomination Committee and member of the Compensation Committee.
Roger Phillips
has over 30 years experience in the oil and gas industry primarily
in international, upstream finance roles.
He obtained a first degree in Civil Engineering and worked as an Engineer in the
North Sea. He subsequently 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. He had a variety of finance and
commercial roles covering Europe, Asia and the United States.
Mr. Phillips was also involved in various acquisitions and disposals during this time.
He later became controller for the corporation in the United States. Before joining
Kuwait Energy, Mr. Phillips was Finance Director at Regal Petroleum Plc between
2004 and 2007.
Mr. Phillips is the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board.
Ms. Rachel English
Independent Director
Ms. Rachel English
has over 25 years experience working for international,
blue-chip energy companies, including BG Group and Shell, with responsibilities
including: finance, strategy, planning, business development and M&A. She is
currently a Non-Executive Director of Petropavlovsk plc, Global Carbon Capture
and Storage Institute Ltd the Audit Committee of the Department for International
Development and NHS London. She is also the founder of Helios Social Enterprise,
developing energy access projects in rural sub-Saharan Africa. She began her
career at Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC).
Ms. English has an MA from the University of Oxford and is a Fellow of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Ms. English is an independent
director on the Board, and is also the Chairman of the Compensation Committee
and a member of the Audit Committee.
Dr. Yousef Al Awadi
Independent Director
Dr. Yousef Al Awadi
is 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. 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 a MA and a 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.
Dr. Al Awadi is an independent director on the Board, and is also the Chairman of
the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee.
Dr. Manssour Aboukhamseen
Executive Chairman
Sara Akbar
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Manssour 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 Berkeley University, California, USA.
Dr. Aboukhamseen is the Executive Chairman of the Board, and is also a member
of the Nomination Committee.
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 KOC and Kuwait
Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC).
She has a B.Sc in Chemical Engineering from the Kuwait University. Sara Akbar is
the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board.
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