28 November 2018
Chief Executive of the Year
Mohammad Ghazi Al-Mutairi, Kuwait National Petroleum Company
As a chemical engineer from Kuwait University with over 30 years of direct refining experience, Mohammad Ghazi Al-Mutairi has proven the ideal CEO to steer KNPC through a period of tough refining market conditions. Al-Mutairi, who was made CEO in 2013 and has spent over 30 years at the company, has used this experience to deliver an excellent operational performance that has been reflected in the company's recent financial results. During his career, Al-Mutairi has played a vital leadership role in several "mega-projects", including the Clean Fuels project, ZOR (Al-Zour Refinery) and LNGI (LNG Import). He has also implemented many innovative profit improvement ideas to enhance performance, a
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