A highly respected industry specialist and authority with a passion for improving the quality, environment, health, safety and overall success of compliance, governance and leadership systems in the energy sector. Has a distinguished career as a Chief Compliance Officer, Functional Director, demonstrating in-depth knowledge of all facets of technical, operational and procedural systems with a proven success in managing projects, developing functions from first principles and building relationships that deliver significant, tangible results.
International education and compliance experience in Asia, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Has a strong postgraduate engineering, sciences and management education and fluent in both English and Arabic. He is a UAE national with a strong leadership and management acumen based on a solid business, vocational and academic foundations. A chartered director with good, diversified board experience. Has been the HoD for the ISO TC 283 since 2018 representing the UAE and the Chairman of the Federal Committee for OSH for the past 5 years.
An effective lateral thinker with a passion for dealing with compliance and corporate governance issues especially in both organizational and public domains. Diversely qualified, in both technical and management fields and has held several senior positions for the last 20 + years shaping the policies and principles for environmental, health, safety, and quality for the largest diversified Oil and Gas Company in Dubai operating in the UAE; Singapore; South Korea; KSA; Djibouti and Morocco. Is a passionate, academic industrialist with a great interest in bridging the gap between vocational, academic and experiential knowledge. Has a strong and passionate approach to systems building and is a developer of startup and new projects.
He has deep working knowledge in Sustainability (ESG), Health, Safety, Environment, Risk Assurance and Management, Business Continuity as well as Cultural Competence, Leadership and Governance. He has many publications including 11 internationally published books in a variety of areas including two specifically on Governance and Leadership.
He has led a diversified portfolio of functions including business excellence, legal affairs, corporate communications, EHS assurance, security and enterprise risk management as well as sustainability. Has assisted many different organizations on matters of EHS, Risk Management and Sustainability (in both an office bearing and personal capacity) including Dubai International Airports, Dubai Police, Dubai Supreme Council of Energy (DSCE), ADNOC and the Regional Clean Seas Organization (RECSO) as well as others. Currently the Sr Director for Logistics and Marine Assurance at ENOC and Chairman of the Platform for Connected Leadership.
Affiliated and has participated with various thought leadership activities with the GCC Board Directors Institute (BDI-GCC); Institute of Directors (IOD) India and is a Chartered Fellow of the IoD in the United Kingdom. He is also currently the Hon. Chairman of the Board of the Energy Institute Middle East and served a council member to the Energy Institute in the UK for a three-year term elected from the International Chapters; was Vice Chairman of the Board Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence (DCCE PJSC) in which he chaired the NRC Committee until 2019. He is an elected board member of the Emirates Shipping Association. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF), who are the voice for the Oil and Gas Industry at the IMO. He is the Senior Advisor to Board the Clean Energy Business Council, UAE.
He believes strongly in diversity, especially in thinking and inclusion through the dialogue of civilizations. He is married with children and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.