GLOBAL REGIONS : Middle East, North America, Europe, Asia Pacific
BUSINESS SECTOR : Global Corporate & Business Development, O&G, International Investment & Strategy, Trade & Development Industry
EXPERTISE : Global Corporate & Business Development, International Investment & Strategy advisory services including Oil and Gas(O&G) local content, corporate venture capital, and entrepreneurship, cross-border trades, public relations, and financial & economy advisory services. 

Corporate Experience
30 years experience with Saudi Aramco and SABIC covering technical and managerial positions in oil refining, petrochemical, and polymers industries. His experience covers oil refinery, PVC production, quality systems/assurance, fuels quality and specification, R&D downstream, corporate business development, oil and gas local content, corporate venture capital, and entrepreneurship.

Private Sector Experience
Involved in market-pull accelerated commercialization of new technologies and businesses, artificial intelligence and digital transformation, and energy transition and net zero carbon. He was a member in B20 Task Force for Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change (G20 Saudi Arabia – 2020).

Private Business
SYNERGICS Corporation, USA, MENA Region Partner (market-pull accelerated commercialization)
Seeds Consulting, Advisor (financial advisory and fund raising)
Tech-Savvy Advisory Bureau, Managing Partner (for ERP, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation)
ECORAS-K, Business Development Advisor (Eco Combustion Retrofitting Technology)
Aeriest Technology, MENA Consultant (Global award-winning company for outsourcing non-core business),
United Gulf Industrial Consortia, Consultant , Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia (consortium of more than 80 companies and 120 experts and consultants)

Associations
Licensing Executive Society International (for intellectual property), USA – 1988
Licensing Executives Society – Arab Countries 1997, Jordan (a founder)
Saudi Society for Technology Development & Transfer – 2001, Dhahran (Co-founder)
Global Knowledge Leadership Map – 2001 (Invited by Debra Amidon, Boston)
Gulf Venture Capital Association – 2004, Bahrain (Founder and President)
Arabian Knowledge Economy Association – 2006, Dhahran (Co-founder and President)

Chaired Key Conferences/Committees
Participated in the development of Saudi Arabia jump-start strategy to the knowledge-based economy 2008
1st and 2nd Venture Capital Conferences (Bahrain 2006 and Riyadh 2008)
1st Knowledge Based Economy Conference (Jeddah, 2008)
1st Global Intrapreneurship Forum (Bahrain 2012)
Business Development Forums & EXPO – Downstream and Local Content in Oil & Gas and Petrochemicals, Bahrain, 2019
Business Development Forums & EXPO – GCC Local Content in Healthcare, Bahrain, 2019
Member in B20 Task Force for Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change Taskforce (G20 Saudi Arabia) – 2020

Education
BS degree in Industrial Chemistry in 1984, King Fahad University for Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Social Activities: Atta Society for Individual Social Responsibility (Co-Founder and Former Chairman).