Suhail Al Mazroui

Suhail Al Mazroui
Minister of Energy
Assumed office
12 March 2013
Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Preceded by Mohammed bin Dhaen Al Hamli
Personal details
Nationality Emirati
Alma mater University of Tulsa


Suhail Mohammed Faraj Al Mazroui (Arabic: سهيل محمد فرج المزروعي) is an Emirati businessman and politician, who has been serving as the minister of energy in the United Arab Emirates since March 2013.

Education

Mazroui holds a petroleum engineering degree, which he received from the University of Tulsa.[1]

Career

Mazroui worked at the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) for 10 years where he specialized in reservoir engineering and production operations.[2] He served as chief executive officer of ADNOC until November 1994.[3] Yusuf bin Omeir bin Yusuf replaced him in the post.[3]

Mazroui also worked at Royal Dutch Shell for more than one year and at Dolphin Energy limited as director.[4][2] He served in various capacities in international oil and gas projects in Nigeria, North Sea, Brunei and the Netherlands.[5] In 2009, he was named vice chairman of Sorouh Real Estate company.[2] He was the deputy chief executive of state-owned Mubadala Oil and Gas until March 2013.[4] He is a member of the advisory committee of Abu Dhabi’s Supreme Petroleum Council.[6]

In a reshuffle of 12 March 2013, he was appointed energy minister to the cabinet led by prime minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, replacing Mohammed bin Dhaen Al Hamli in the post.[6][7] Mazroui also became the head of the federal electricity and water authority.[8]

In April 2015 he was appointed to the position of managing director of IPIC.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Suhail Al Mazroui". Sorouh. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei". Bloomberg. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Abu Dhabi - Profile - Yusuf bin Omeir bin Yusuf". APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy. 27 May 2000. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  4. 1 2 Issa, Wafa (14 March 2013). "Suhail Al Mazroui well placed for energy minister role". The National. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "UAE Cabinet: People's aspirations accorded priority". Gulf News. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  6. 1 2 Nayla Razzouk; Anthony DiPaola (12 March 2013). "U.A.E. Appoints Energy Minister, Replaces Eight-Year Veteran". Bloomberg. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  7. ↑ Camilla Hall; Simeon Kerr (12 March 2013). "First UAE cabinet reshuffle in five years". Financial Times. Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  8. ↑ Salem, Ola (24 March 2013). "Sheikh Mohammed: Society will judge new UAE Cabinet's success". The Nation. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  9. ↑ Dipaola, Anthony; Fattah, Zainab. "Abu Dhabi Appoints U.A.E. Energy Minister Mazrouei as IPIC Chief", Bloomberg, 22 April 205. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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