Profile Description
President & CEO Othman AL-Ghamdi was appointed as Petro Rabigh President & CEO and executive member of the Board of Directors as of January 1, 2021, joining the Company with over 30 years’ experience in the refining and petrochemicals sector. Mr. Al-Ghamdi has a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals in Dhahran. He had joined Saudi Aramco in 1990 and worked in several areas, including operation, engineering, maintenance, and projects, throughout his 25-year career at Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia, during when he built competency, expertise, and leadership skills. In 2004, he became a Project Manager and then the General Manager of Planning & Technical at Fujian Refining & Petrochemical Company (Joint Venture among Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil & Sinopec), China, and in 2015 he was appointed as Representative Director, Aramco Asia Korea Limited. In 2016, he was appointed as Representative Director & CEO, S-OIL Corporation. And since July 2019, Mr. Al-Ghamdi was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer at Saudi Aramco Mobile Refinery Ltd., (SAMREF).