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Executive Team
Mr. Waleed Al Bader
CEO & Board Member
Mr. Waleed Al-Bader is the Chief Executive Officer of the Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) since February 2021.
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CEO & Board Member
Mr. Waleed Al-Bader is the Chief Executive Officer of the Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) since February 2021. He has the confidence of the senior leadership in his ability to complete the journey of establishing and operating the Al-Zour oil complex projects that will contribute to pushing the wheel of Kuwait towards growth and prosperity.
Al-Bader has a long professional history that extends for more than 31 years in the sectors of operations, planning and International oil marketing, which are the experiences he gained through his work at the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), where Al-Bader held several positions, including Deputy Managing Director Marketing Middle Distillates, Fuel Oil & Special Products and Bunkers, and Deputy Managing Director Marketing Crude Oil & Petroleum Products, he also assumed the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Olefins & Aromatic) at Petrochemical Industries Company in October of 2017. Then he returned again to the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, where he was appointed as Deputy Managing Director for Global Marketing in January 2018 to Appointed later as CEO of Kuwait National Petroleum Company in 2019 and Acting CEO of Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries (KIPIC).
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Kuwait University. Al-Bader also assumed the Chairman of board member at Equate Company in October 2017 to March 2019 and was appointed as a board member at the Kuwait Oil Company in 2016, and also a Board member at Al-Sour Company from October 2012 to March 2016.
Mr. Abdullah Fahad Al-Ajmi
Deputy CEO Admin and Commercial
Mr. Abdullah Fahad Shabib Al-Ajmi assumed the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Petrochemicals and Liquefied Gas in Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) in February 2021 and as of January 2023, he was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive Officer Admin & Commercial. Prior to assuming this position, he held the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Projects in the Kuwait National Petroleum Company, and he holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Science and Engineering from Kuwait University in 1989.
Al-Ajmi had previously held many leadership positions throughout his career that spanned more than 33 years. He began working in the oil sector as an Electrical Engineer at the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) immediately after graduating from university. Through his gradation in the job ladder, he was able to gain a lot of experience and knowledge in the field of oil projects, which contributed to heading many technical and engineering teams specialized in the implementation of oil projects.
Deputy CEO Planning and Finance
Deputy CEO Planning and Finance
Mr. Ali Mohammad Al Ajmi
Deputy CEO Al Zour Operations
Mr. Ali Mohammad Al-Ajmi is professional Chemical Engineer and has been recently promoted to be the Deputy CEO – Al Zour Operations in Kuwait Integration Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC).
Mr. Al-Ajmi holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Kuwait University as well as in Project Management from The George Washington University.
Mr. Al-Ajmi professional career commenced in the year 1992 in KNPC in Operations and Project Commissioning Departments.
Mr. Al-Ajmi has a vast experience includes Refinery Operations debottlenecking, process optimization, commissioning for several process Units and Technologies in Major Projects. He was the Operations Manager of KNPC Mina Abdullah Refinery from year 2013 to year 2016 and play major role to establish many Operational Excellence and Performance Improvement Programs.
In year 2016 Mr. Al-Ajmi play major role in establishing KNPC CFP Commissioning Coordination Department as well as the Commissioning Support Services Consultancy.
In year 2017 to year 2020 Mr. Al-Ajmi play critical and leading role in establishing KIPIC Al-Zour Refinery Operations Group, CSU Program and Commissioning Support Services,
and from 13 July 2020 till August 2023, Mr. Al-Ajmi was leading Al-Zour Refinery Technical Services Group.