Experience

ASTRA POLYMERS

• Saudi Arabia
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• General Manager GCC & Global Business Development Manager Petrochemicals

  • Feb 2020 - Present



Nexant

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Principal, Energy & Chemicals Consulting (Europe, Africa & Middle East)

  • Mar 2011 - Feb 2020

  • Principal in Nexant’s Energy and Chemicals Consulting Practice initially based in London and since 1st April 2015 in Bahrain, covering all consulting business in the Middle East. • Extensive experience in business and marketing strategy, transformational management, market research and industry analysis.• Project Manager for over 100 SME consulting projects in KSA and the GCC.• Project Manager for over 100 major consulting projects in the Middle East and Europe. • Developed Middle East consulting sales, in conjunction with the Nexant London and Bahrain offices• Project manager for transformational management projects for many global petrochemical companies • Prepared and presented Nexant Petrochemical and Polymer training courses for global petrochemical companies (many) & Oxford/Princeton courses • Prepared and presented industry specific presentations, for Nexant, at many industry conferences, including but not limited to GPCA Annual conferences and Plastics conferences.



National Industrial Clusters Development Program

• Director - Plastics & Packaging Cluster

  • Jul 2008 - Feb 2011

  • Project manager for the development of the plastics/polymer processing industry development in the Kingdom, both within the Plastics & Packaging Cluster and with the other Clusters of the Program. This with both Saudi and international investors.• Project manager for the development of a national law aimed at passing-through a portion of the materials advantage provided by the government to the upstream processing industry to diversify the downstream converting industry, to be proposed to the Kingdom’s Supreme Economic Council• Appointed by the Program as a steering committee member for the SABIC Plastics Application Development Centre under development with King Saud University Riyadh • Appointed by the Program as a steering committee member for the TASNEE Plastics Application and Products Development Centre under development in Jubail• Appointed by the Program as a steering committee member for SIPCHEM Polymer Product Development Center, under development with King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran• Participate and presented at national and international exhibitions, conferences and forums, including but not limited to; NPE 2009 Chicago, the Japan Seminar on Saudi Arabia Business Environment 2008, Saudi-American Business Council Meetings and others



David Gulf Consultant Co. W.L.L.

• Managing Director

  • Jan 2007 - Jun 2008

  Polymer Consultants Middle East. Formed own partnership company in Bahrain (85% owner with 15% Bahraini partner). Consulting for Middle East:• Polymer producers – Additive formulation development and efficiencies, additive suppliers, value added product portfolio development with additives• Polymer producers – Additive Management (Storage, handling, feeding, conveying, measurement & analysis)• Masterbatch & compounding companies - Additive formulation development and efficiencies, additive suppliers, value added product portfolio development with additives• Polymer converters – product portfolio development with Additives• Additive Suppliers – Access to the Middle East Polymer marketsAs from 2008 also acting Managing Director of Kanoo Plastics Company W.L.L. Bahrain - Manufacturers of Thermoplastic Compounds (e.g. XLPE compounds for the cable industry)



Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc.

• Plastic Additives Business Unit - Business Manager Middle East

  • Jan 1998 - Dec 2006

  • Management of all Petrochemical customer accounts in 21 countries with combined income of USD 40 million per year• Management of staff and agents/distributors in 21 countries• Global account manager for SABIC Europe and SABIC Saudi Arabia with combined income of USD 30 million per year• Management of Plastic Additive blending plant in cooperation with Astra Polymers Dammam Saudi Arabia• Management of Technical Development Centre in cooperation with King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) Research Institute, Dhahran Saudi Arabia



Astra Polymers

• Saudi Arabia
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Plant & Technical Manager

  • Jan 1994 - Dec 1997

  • Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia• Manager for ISO 9002• Management of multinational workforce of 100• Technical Development & Marketing management of all products• Plant & Technical Centre set-up, commissioning and management • Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia• Manager for ISO 9002• Management of multinational workforce of 100• Technical Development & Marketing management of all products• Plant & Technical Centre set-up, commissioning and management



HUBRON Limited

• Technical Manager

  • Jan 1990 - Dec 1993

  Technical Manager, HUBRON™ Ltd, Manchester UK• Technical Manager for successful joint venture project with ALA Chemicals India – black Masterbatch plant establishment• Technical Manager and Technical Marketing Manager for all Masterbatch products Technical Manager, HUBRON™ Ltd, Manchester UK• Technical Manager for successful joint venture project with ALA Chemicals India – black Masterbatch plant establishment• Technical Manager and Technical Marketing Manager for all Masterbatch products



Cabot Plastics

• United Kingdom
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Supervisor

  • Jan 1981 - Dec 1989

  Laboratory Quality Supervisor, CABOT® PLASTICS Ltd, Cheshire UK• Overall responsibility for QC&QA coordination at all CABOT Plastics sites (UK, Belgium, Italy & Hong Kong)• Supervisor for all QC & QA staff Laboratory Quality Supervisor, CABOT® PLASTICS Ltd, Cheshire UK• Overall responsibility for QC&QA coordination at all CABOT Plastics sites (UK, Belgium, Italy & Hong Kong)• Supervisor for all QC & QA staff