Fahad K. Al Dhubaib is the Senior Vice President for Strategy & Market Analysis overseeing Aramco’s strategy, sustainability, market intelligence and risk. Prior to his current role, he was the Senior Vice President of Community Services, and the Vice President of Public Affairs. During which, Al Dhubaib led the transformation of the Company’s global communication, marketing and citizenship functions and programs including King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture - Ithra. In addition, he was involved in the company’s first global advertisement program and its venture into global sports sponsorships like Formula1 & Golf.
From 2014 to 2017, Al Dhubaib served as a Director in Aramco’s New Business Development where he led teams in developing and executing commercially strategic multibillion-dollar transactions related to Maritime Development, Energy Industrial City, Third Party Projects, and in Aramco’s Planning and Performance Management Department, before joining Investor Relations in 2018.
Al Dhubaib supported the company’s senior leadership in the Corporate Strategic Review that led to the energy industry’s most ambitious program, the Accelerated Transformation Program (ATP).
Al Dhubaib is currently a board director in Aramco Ventures and Saudi Aramco Total Refining & Petrochemical Company (SATORP).
Al Dhubaib holds a B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and a M.A in Economics from the University of Southern California – both with highest honors. He also completed several executive programs at Stanford University; the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; and Oxford University. He also completed the General Management and Board Governance programs, and is an alumni at Harvard Business School.
Al Dhubaib was a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Future Council on Energy. In 2015 he was selected as a WEF Young Global Leader (YGL) and a member of the YGL Advisory Board. He was also President and co-founder of the Saudi Association for Energy Economics, and a board member of the International Association for Energy Economics.