DOHA: Saudi Arabia’s recently retired minister of petroleum and mineral resources Ali bin Ibrahim Al Naimi will be this year’s recipient of ‘The 2016 Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award for the Advancement of International Energy Policy & Diplomacy’ presented by the Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah International Foundation for Energy & Sustainable Development.
The Al Attiyah Foundation bestows one Honorary Award each year to an outstanding global energy industry leader, and the 2016 accolade will be presented to the former oil minister, who stepped down earlier this month after more than two decades directing the Kingdom’s oil policies, at a gala dinner event at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha on May 24.
“There will never be another Ali Al Naimi. He oversaw the policies and astonishing growth of the world’s biggest oil company and oil exporter on the planet. No matter if he was working in a small group in a boardroom or facing cameras from all over the world, Al Naimi was always gracious and knowledgeable,” said H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, the former Energy Minister of Qatar.
“His seventy-year career saw him literally rise from the desert shop floor to become the world’s most powerful oil executive for almost three decades.”
The award is the foremost honour to recognise individuals for their lifetime achievement in the advancement of the global energy industry.
There are six award categories of recognition each year -- Qatar Energy Industry; Opec; Renewable Energy; Producer-Consumer Dialogue; Education; and Journalism – with the nominees reviewed by an International Selection Committee.
Al Naimi’s journey to become the most influential man in the global oil markets began 70 years ago, when he signed up as an errand boy at Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco, rising to become its first Saudi President. He climbed up the ranks and became the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in 1995, putting him at the helm of the world’s largest crude exporting organisation.
As the Opec linchpin, Saudi Arabia and Al Naimi’s influence stretched far beyond the country’s borders and he was regularly called upon to calm oil markets through turbulent political and economic waters in the Middle East and beyond.
Christophe de Margerie, the late Chief Executive of Total, tragically killed last year in a plane crash in Moscow, was the 2015 beneficiary of this Honorary Award for the Advancement of International Energy Policy & Diplomacy, which is only category to be selected each year by the Foundation’s board of trustees.The Peninsula
DOHA: Saudi Arabia’s recently retired minister of petroleum and mineral resources Ali bin Ibrahim Al Naimi will be this year’s recipient of ‘The 2016 Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award for the Advancement of International Energy Policy & Diplomacy’ presented by the Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah International Foundation for Energy & Sustainable Development.
The Al Attiyah Foundation bestows one Honorary Award each year to an outstanding global energy industry leader, and the 2016 accolade will be presented to the former oil minister, who stepped down earlier this month after more than two decades directing the Kingdom’s oil policies, at a gala dinner event at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha on May 24.
“There will never be another Ali Al Naimi. He oversaw the policies and astonishing growth of the world’s biggest oil company and oil exporter on the planet. No matter if he was working in a small group in a boardroom or facing cameras from all over the world, Al Naimi was always gracious and knowledgeable,” said H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, the former Energy Minister of Qatar.
“His seventy-year career saw him literally rise from the desert shop floor to become the world’s most powerful oil executive for almost three decades.”
The award is the foremost honour to recognise individuals for their lifetime achievement in the advancement of the global energy industry.
There are six award categories of recognition each year -- Qatar Energy Industry; Opec; Renewable Energy; Producer-Consumer Dialogue; Education; and Journalism – with the nominees reviewed by an International Selection Committee.
Al Naimi’s journey to become the most influential man in the global oil markets began 70 years ago, when he signed up as an errand boy at Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco, rising to become its first Saudi President. He climbed up the ranks and became the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in 1995, putting him at the helm of the world’s largest crude exporting organisation.
As the Opec linchpin, Saudi Arabia and Al Naimi’s influence stretched far beyond the country’s borders and he was regularly called upon to calm oil markets through turbulent political and economic waters in the Middle East and beyond.
Christophe de Margerie, the late Chief Executive of Total, tragically killed last year in a plane crash in Moscow, was the 2015 beneficiary of this Honorary Award for the Advancement of International Energy Policy & Diplomacy, which is only category to be selected each year by the Foundation’s board of trustees.The Peninsula
