Engineer 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. Engineer 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 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 (a 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).