Suhail_Al_Mazroui

Suhail Al Mazroui

Suhail Al Mazroui

Emirati businessman and politician

Suhail Mohammed Faraj Al Mazroui (Arabic: سهيل محمد فرج المزروعي; born 3 July 1973) is an Emirati businessman and politician, who has been serving as the minister of energy in the United Arab Emirates since March 2013.

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Early life

Al Mazroui was born on the 3rd of July 1973 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[2][3]

Mazroui graduated with a petroleum engineering degree from the University of Tulsa in 1996.[3]

Career

Al Mazroui worked at the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) for 10 years.[4] He was CEO of ADNOC until 2007.[5] He was the Director at Dolphin Energy,[4][6] vice-chairman of Sorouh Real Estate from 2009 to 2013,[7] and deputy CEO of state-owned Mubadala Oil and Gas.[8] He was with Mubadala until 2013 when he was appointed Energy Minister.[6]

In April 2015, he was appointed to the position of managing director of IPIC.[9] He was the chairman of the board of directors for CEPSA (2015-2018), the Spanish multinational oil and gas company, where Mubadala Investment Company is the largest shareholder.[10] In December 2017, he was elected as president of OPEC,[11] for one year (January–December 2018).[12]

Cabinet positions

In a cabinet reshuffle in March 2013, he was appointed minister of energy under Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, replacing Mohammed bin Dhaen Al Hamli in the post.[13][14] In October 2017, industry was added to his portfolio, where he became minister of energy and industry.[15] He became the head of the Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA).[16]

He is a member of the advisory committee of Abu Dhabi's Supreme Petroleum Council,[13][17] vice-chairman of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation,[18] and vice chairman on the Supreme Committee for Abu Dhabi's Water & Electricity.[19]

In July 2020, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and prime minister of the UAE, announced a government restructuring and Cabinet reshuffle.[1][20] As part of the restructuring, the Ministry of Energy & Industry was merged with the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, and Al Mazroui became the minister of energy and infrastructure, overseeing the combined ministry.[1][20] The Zayed Housing Program and Federal Authority Land and Maritime Transport were also placed under the new combined ministry.[21]

Other positions

Al Mazroui has been with Mubadala since 2007 and is chairman of Mubadala Petroleum LLC.[22] He is also a member of the Executive Committee and Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee of the Board of Mubadala Investment Company.[23] Al Mazroui was deputy CEO and vice president of new business development of Mubadala Oil & Gas from 2007 to 2013.[24]

Al Mazroui is the chairman of Emirates Liquified Gas Company,[25] a private company, owned by Mubadala. As of 2015, he was chairman of the Borealis Supervisory Board.[26][27]

He was chairman of NOVA Chemicals Corporation (a plastic and chemical company that is a subsidiary of Mubadala) for nearly five years, stepping down from this position in 2020.[28] He is the vice-chairman at Nawah Energy Company.[29]

Suhail was appointed as the chairman of the board of directors for Emirates General Petroleum (Emarat), a fuel retailer, in August 2020.[30][31]

Suhail is the Chairman of the Etihad-Oman Joint Venture, a joint venture exploring a rail connection between UAE and Oman.[32]

Personal life

Suhail Al Mazroui is married and lives in Abu Dhabi with his wife and four children.[33] His uncle is Suhail Faris Ghanem Ateish Al Mazrouei, the chairman of Dubai Investments Directors,[34] member of the Supreme Petroleum Council of Abu Dhabi,[17] who is the father of the minister of community development, Shamma Al Mazrui.

Notes

  1. [n 1]
    Suhail Al Mazroui was the Minister of Energy from 2013 to 2020, when it was merged with the Ministry of Infrastructure Development.[1]

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