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Amin Nasser is the President and Chief Executive Officer, and a
member of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company
(Saudi Aramco), the world’s leading integrated energy and chemical
company, and the largest provider of crude oil to global markets.
In his more than three decades of industry experience, Nasser has
performed several key functions at Saudi Aramco, including being
the company’s Senior Vice President for Upstream, where he took
the helm of the company’s largest capital investment program in its
integrated oil and gas portfolio.
As the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Nasser is leading Saudi
Aramco to its planned public listing in 2018, and is spearheading
the company’s efforts to produce cleaner energy and products
through vital investments in entrepreneurial start-ups, renewable
energy sources, oil-to-chemicals processes, and carbon capture
utilization and storage technologies. He is also playing an essential
role in the company’s In-Kingdom Total Value Add Initiative (IKTVA),
which aims to increase the level of locally produced materials and
services the company procures to 70% by 2021.
Nasser is committed to the advancement of people through
education and training, and to the progress of Saudi Aramco’s
innovation and technology strategy. He is a champion of Saudi
youth advancement and development, and a staunch supporter of
the company’s Young Leader’s Advisory Board, which has been
implemented to connect Saudi Aramco’s leadership with its young
professionals.
Nasser is a member of the International Advisory Board of the King
Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, of the Board of Directors
of the Dhahran Techno Valley Company, and of the Board of Trustees
of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. He is
also part of the World Economic Forum’s International Business
Council, of the MIT Presidential CEO Advisory Board, and of the JP
Morgan International Council.
He is a long-time member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers,
where he has served in the Industry Advisory Council since 2008.
In 2015, he received the Society’s Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold
Medal as a recognition of his distinguished achievement in mining
administration, including metallurgy and petroleum.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering from the
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran. He
completed the Saudi Aramco Management Development Seminar
in Washington, D.C., in 1999; the Saudi Aramco Global Business
Program in 2000; and the Senior Executive Program at Columbia
University in 2002.
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