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Top Indian Business Leaders In The Middle East 2021
Rank: #7
Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi
Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi
Deputy Chairman & President & CEO
Company: Qatar Petroleum
Sector: Oil and Gas
Under Al-Kaabi’s leadership, Qatar Petroleum (QP) signed three reserve LNG ship construction deals worth $19.2 billion with a consortium of South Korean firms in 2020. The company reported revenues of $19.7 billion and had assets worth $125 billion in 2019. Al-Kaabi joined the state-owned oil company in 1986 while he was still a student and was appointed president and CEO in September 2014. In 2018, Al-Kaabi was appointed deputy chairman of QP in addition to his position as president and CEO. He is also Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Affairs and a cabinet member.