Graduate in Science. Over 30 years' experience in business, Kuwait. 1974-79, Director, then 1974-80, Chairman, Kuwait Oil Tanker Co.; 1983-98, Founding Member, representing the private sector, and Vice-Chairman, Mobile Telecommunications Co. Chairman: Advanced Technology Company, Kuwait; Advanced Pathology Services, UK; Kuwait International Aircraft Leasing Co. Director: Kuwait Medical Centre Co., Kuwait; First International Merchant Bank, Malta. Member, International Council on Foreign Relations; Society for the Care of Arab Children.