TAQA H1 2021 Results - Energy Transition and Financial Performance
Executive management team
Includes industry and domain experts with diverse backgrounds
Jasim Husain Thabet
Group CEO and MD
CEO and MD since July 2020
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Board member since 2019
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Over 18 years experience in the energy and
utilities sector
Board member of EWEC
Served as CEO and MD of ADPower, CEO of
Tabreed and VP of Industry at Mubadala
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
from St. Martin's University, Washington, USA
Steve Ridlington
CFO
CFO since July 2020
Previously Chief Investment Officer at
ADPower.
Held leadership positions at BP, TNK-BP,
and Tabreed, serving as CFO at the latter
Master's degree in Economics from Oxford
University, UK, bachelor's degree in
Economics & Mathematics from University of
Sussex, UK
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Omar Abdulla Alhashmi
Executive Director T&D
Executive Director Transmission & Distribution
since July 2020
Previously Executive Director Asset
Management at ADPower
Held leadership positions in Etihad Airways
and Mubadala Investment Company.
MBA from London Business School, UK and
Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering
from George Washington University, USA.
Farid Al Awlaqi
Executive Director Generation
Executive Director Generation since July
2020
Previously served as Senior Vice President
in the Energy platform at Mubadala.
Sloan Master's degree from London
Business School, UK and a master's degree
in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial
College London, UK
Franco Polo
Executive Director Oil and Gas
Executive Director Oil and Gas since July
2020
More than 30 years of experience in
international exploration and production
Previously served as Executive Vice
President of Upstream of the Asian Pacific
region at Eni, an integrated energy company.
Master's and bachelor's degrees in Geology
from University of Bologna, Italy.
Stephen Wackerle
Chief Risk and Internal Audit Officer
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Chief Risk and Internal Audit Officer
since July 2020
Held similar leadership roles with
ADPower and BP
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Bachelor's and post-graduate degree in
Accounting from the University of Cape
Town, South Africa
Mohammad Adnan Sharafi
Chief Legal Officer and Board Secretary
Chief Legal Officer since July 2020
Served as General Counsel at
ADPower
Qualified to practice law as a Solicitor
of the Supreme Court of England &
Wales and holds a Post-Graduate
Diploma in Legal Practice from the
College of Law as well as a Bachelor of
Laws from the University of
Westminster, London
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Noel Aoun
Executive Director Strategy
Appointed August 2021, leads
development of TAQA's corporate
strategy and operating model, whilst
coordinating strategies across the
organization's business units.
Served as Group Strategy & Business
Development Director at TAQA since
March 2018.
MBA from INSEAD and a master's in
Electrical and Computer Engineering
from Ecole Supérieure des Ingénieurs
de Beirut
Gareth Wynn
Chief Communications Officer
Appointed January 2021, overseeing
external and internal communication,
government advocacy and CSR
activities across the Group.
Held senior communications positions
at Oil & Gas UK and management
positions at EDF Energy and FTI
Consulting.
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology
and Microbial Technology from
University of Warwick, UK.
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Nabil Almessabi
Chief Human Resource Officer
Appointed September 2021, overseeing
Strategic Development of human
resource and administration.
Served as Executive Director of Human
Capital and Communications at
ADPower
Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering from the UAE University, a
Management Diploma from the
University of Cambridge - Judge
Business School Executive MBA from
INSEAD
Chris George
Executive Director M&A
Appointed August 2021, leads
development of the company's
investment strategies and the process
of mergers and acquisitions within
TAQA Group's portfolio.
served as the Head of Corporate
Transactions at Saudi Aramco
Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and
Finance from Kingston University,
London. olds qualifications as an ACA
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