Who is Wadha Al-Khatib, President of the Kuwait National Petroleum Company?

Wadha Al-Khatib assumed the position of CEO of the Kuwait National Petroleum Company, succeeding Walid Khaled Al-Badr, in light of the movement of major changes in the executive leadership in the Kuwaiti oil sector.

The board of directors announced Kuwait Petroleum CorporationToday, Sunday, November 6, 2022, drastic changes in the oil sector, with the appointment of “Wadha” as CEO of the Kuwait National Petroleum Company, and Ahmed Al-Eidan as CEO of the Kuwait Oil Company.

The movement of changes included the appointment of Walid Al-Badr, who was the CEO of the Kuwait National Petroleum Company, as CEO of the Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (Quebec).

Nadia Al-Hajji was appointed CEO of the Petrochemical Industries Company, and Muhammad Salem Al-Haymar was appointed CEO of the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC).

Who is Wadha Al-Khatib?

In 2020, Forbes magazine ranked Wadha Al-Khatib, who has been the Executive Vice President of the Mina Abdullah Refinery since 2019, as the eighth among the list of the 100 most powerful businesswomen in the Middle East.

Al-Khatib held several leadership positions over more than 26 years at the National Petroleum Company; She worked as a Senior Operations Engineer at Al Ahmadi Refinery in 2003, and Team Leader for the Environment in 2005; Then Director of Technical Services for Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery in 2013.

Many wonder, who is Wadha al-Khatib? And what are her qualifications? According to the information monitored by the specialized energy platform; During her leadership of the Mina Abdullah Refinery, Wadha, who obtained a BA in Chemical Engineering in 1994 from Kuwait University, succeeded in achieving annual revenues of more than $30 billion; The refinery contributes to refining about a third of the oil produced by the National Petroleum Corporation.

Wadha Al-Khatib is the first woman to head the “Gas Processors Association” of the Gulf Cooperation Council branches. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Styrene Company during the fiscal year 2018-2019, and she has also headed the Kuwait Paraxylene Production Company since May 2019.

The Mina Abdullah Refinery, which specializes in refining heavy, high-sulfur crude, has a capacity of 270,000 barrels per day, covering an area of ​​7,835 square kilometers, and is the second refinery in Kuwait to be registered with the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism.

National Petroleum Decisions

The decisions announced by the Kuwait Petroleum Company included the appointment of Shafi Al-Ajmi as Acting CEO of Kuwait Petroleum International, Khaled Al-Otaibi as CEO of Kuwait Gulf Oil, and Deputy CEO of KOC, which the company will follow, in addition to Sheikh Khaled Al-Sabah as CEO of Nakilat. Kuwaiti oil that will follow the global marketing sector.

The Board also approved the appointment of Sheikh Ahmed Al-Sabah as Managing Director of “Global Marketing”, Bader Al Attar as Managing Director of “Planning and Finance” at the Corporation, and Hisham Al-Rifai as Managing Director of “Administrative Affairs”.

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