Dr Bakheet Al Katheeri

Dr. Bakheet Al Katheeri is the Chairman of Tabreed's Board of Directors, appointed in August 2024. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Mubadala's UAE Investments platform, where he steers its portfolio of national champions in multiple sectors, including energy, metals, aerospace, technology, healthcare, real estate, and infrastructure. With an illustrious career spanning over two decades, Dr. Bakheet's expertise in the energy and industrial sectors is widely recognised, and he serves on various industry boards and committees in the UAE, including Cepsa, Oil Search, Mubadala Energy, Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA), Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar).

In his previous tenure at Mubadala, Dr. Bakheet held the position of Executive Director of the UAE Industries unit within the UAE Investments platform, where he adeptly managed a portfolio of industrial companies specializing in both renewable and conventional energy, metals, and utilities. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Mubadala Petroleum in March 2017 and previously held the positions of Chief Growth Officer, responsible for all new business development and M&A activity, and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing both operated and non-operated assets, and UAE gas supply.

Career history

• CEO of Mubadala's UAE Investments platform (current)
• Executive Director, UAE Industries unit, Mubadala UAE Investments
• Chief Executive Officer, Mubadala Petroleum (appointed March 2017)
• Chief Operating Officer, Mubadala Petroleum
• Chief Growth Officer, Mubadala Petroleum
• Production and facilities engineering leadership, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), covering all offshore operations in Abu Dhabi

Dr. Bakheet holds a BSc degree in Petroleum Engineering and applied Mathematics from the University of Tulsa (Oklahoma, USA) and MSc in Environmental Science from UAE University. He also holds an Executive MBA from HCT, UAE and a Doctorate of Business Administration from the College of Business and Economics, UAE University.

What Dr. Bakheet Al Katheeri could bring to Tabreed: His extensive expertise in managing large energy and infrastructure portfolios, combined with his proven track record leading critical national utilities and infrastructure assets at Mubadala, positions him to accelerate Tabreed's growth strategy. His experience overseeing production operations managing over one million barrels per day at ADNOC, coupled with his focus on mergers and acquisitions and business development, aligns well with Tabreed's expansion trajectory and its commitment to decarbonisation and sustainable infrastructure development across the GCC region.