Suhail Al Mazroui
سهيل محمد فرج المزروعي
Suhail Al Mazroui at the OPEC International Seminar in Vienna in 2018
Al Mazroui in 2018
Minister of Energy & Infrastructure[n 1]
Assumed office
12 March 2013
Prime MinisterMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Preceded byMohammed bin Dhaen Al Hamli
Abdullah Al Nuaimi
Personal details
Born (1973-07-03) 3 July 1973
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Alma materUniversity of Tulsa

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

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]

Suhail is the Chairman of the Etihad-Oman Joint Venture, a joint venture exploring a rail connection between UAE and Oman.[31]

Personal life

Suhail Al Mazroui is married and lives in Abu Dhabi with his wife and four children.[32] His uncle is Suhail Faris Ghanem Ateish Al Mazrouei, the chairman of Dubai Investments Directors,[33] 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. ↑ Suhail Al Mazroui was the Minister of Energy from 2013 to 2020, when it was merged with the Ministry of Infrastructure Development.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "UAE Cabinet reshuffle appoints new ministers and merges departments". thenationalnews.com. 5 July 2020. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Majlis Mohamed bin Zayed". www.cpc.gov.ae. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 "UAE Energy Minister Blames Qatar for Supporting Terrorism in Press Briefing in Seoul". The Seoul Times.
  4. 1 2 "Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei". Bloomberg. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "H.E. Suhail Al Mazrouei". CEPSA. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019.
  6. 1 2 Issa, Wafa (14 March 2013). "Suhail Al Mazroui well placed for energy minister role". The National. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Sorouh Real Estate Co. - Sorouh".
  8. ↑ "H.E. Suhail al Mazrouei". 9 October 2019.
  9. ↑ Dipaola, Anthony; Fattah, Zainab. "Abu Dhabi Appoints U.A.E. Energy Minister Mazrouei as IPIC Chief", Bloomberg, 22 April 205. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Mr. Musabbeh Al Kaabi". www.cepsa.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "OPEC : OPEC 173rd Meeting concludes". www.opec.org. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "OPEC : OPEC 175th Meeting concludes". www.opec.org. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  13. 1 2 Nayla Razzouk; Anthony DiPaola (12 March 2013). "U.A.E. Appoints Energy Minister, Replaces Eight-Year Veteran". Bloomberg. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  14. ↑ Camilla Hall; Simeon Kerr (12 March 2013). "First UAE cabinet reshuffle in five years". Financial Times. Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  15. ↑ "Mohammad Bin Rashid reveals reshuffled UAE Cabinet". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  16. ↑ Salem, Ola (24 March 2013). "Sheikh Mohammed: Society will judge new UAE Cabinet's success". The Nation. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  17. 1 2 "Supreme Petroleum Council". www.adnoc.ae. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  18. ↑ "Meet H.E. Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei". www.enec.gov.ae. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  19. ↑ "Mansour bin Zayed chairs meeting of Supreme Committee for Abu Dhabi's Water and Electricity". menafn.com. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  20. 1 2 UAE restructures government, merges 50% of federal agencies, Bloomberg via Arabian Business (July 5, 2020).
  21. ↑ Sheikh Mohammed announces new ministries, merges departments to unveil an agile, nimble government
  22. ↑ "ADNOC and Mubadala Petroleum Sign MoU" (PDF).
  23. ↑ "H.E. Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei". www.mubadala.com. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  24. ↑ "Mubadala Oil and Gas sign Yemen exploration deal". The National. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  25. ↑ "Green Fields". The Business Year. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  26. ↑ "Structure & Owners - Borealis". Borealisgroup. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  27. ↑ "H.E. Suhail Al Mazrouei announced as new member and chairman of the Borealis Supervisory Board - Borealis". Borealisgroup. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  28. ↑ "Al Kaabi named Nova chairman". Plastics News. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  29. ↑ "Board of Directors". Nawah Energy Company. 1 February 2020.
  30. ↑ "UAE appoints new heads of Emarat Petroleum and Emirates Development Bank".
  31. ↑ "Oman-Etihad Rail signs MoU with Vale". Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  32. ↑ "About Minister | About Ministry | Ministry of Energy and Industry in UAE". www.moei.gov.ae. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  33. ↑ "Sohail Faris Ghanim Al Mazrui - Biography". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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