Ibrahim Q. Al-Buainain

Ibrahim Q. Al-Buainain currently serves as Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing at Saudi Aramco. Al-Buainain, a non-executive director, served as chairman of the board of Saudi Aramco Base Oil Company (Luberef) since August 2022, submitting his resignation on May 21, 2026, effective the same day, citing personal reasons. He is also Chairman of the Board of Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) and serves as a board member of the Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company, Aramco Trading Company, and several other Aramco affiliates.

Al-Buainain holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, an MBA in Global Management, and an M.S. degree in Innovation and Global Leadership from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also participated in an executive management program at IMD business school in Switzerland.

Career History

• Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing, Saudi Aramco (September 2023–present)
• Senior Vice President of Sales, Trading & Supply Planning, Saudi Aramco (February 2022–2023)
• President and CEO, Aramco Trading Company (ATC) (2016–2022)
• President and CEO, Aramco Asia (2014–2016)
• CEO, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV)

Al-Buainain joined Saudi Aramco in 1989 as an operations engineer at Ras Tanura Refinery and has accumulated over 33 years of diversified experience in the oil and gas industry. From 1998, he worked with the Saudi Aramco joint venture company S-Oil in South Korea as its General Manager, responsible for trading and logistic operations for crude oil, refined products, and chemicals. In 2004, he became a portfolio manager of all Saudi Aramco international joint ventures.

What Al-Buainain could bring to Non-executive Chairman roles at downstream energy companies: Drawing on three-plus decades of integrated petroleum expertise—including refining, trading, supply planning, and international joint venture management across Asia-Pacific, South Korea, and the Middle East—Al-Buainain brings strategic oversight capabilities essential for base oil and petrochemical operations. His executive leadership of Aramco's global trading arm, combined with his current role overseeing global manufacturing, positions him to provide governance depth on operational excellence, supply chain optimization, and international business strategy in the downstream sector.