Mr. Ziad T. Al-Murshed has over 27 years of experience in the energy industry and became Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in May 2022.  He was appointed Acting Service Line Head for Finance, Strategy & Development in July 2021.  Previously, he had served as the Vice President of Fuels & Lubricants, the Vice President of International Operations, and the Vice President of Downstream Growth & Integration.  Prior to that, Ziad served as the Executive Director of New Business Development and the General Manager and Head of Transaction Development, responsible for executing joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, as well as third-party and other transactions.

He joined the Company in 1991 and started his career as a producing engineer in the Exploration and Producing business line; currently named Upstream.  He then moved to Downstream in 1998 and assumed several responsibilities covering refining, marketing, and joint venture development and coordination.

From 2005 to 2008, he worked at Ras Tanura Refinery, where he was Superintendent of operations.  In 2008, Mr. Al-Murshed moved to Corporate Planning, where he was responsible for the Company’s long-range business plan.  From 2010 to 2012, he served as Manager of Yanbu’ NGL Fractionation Plant.  In 2012, he was appointed Manager of Business Analysis in Corporate Planning, later becoming the Director of Economic & Energy Analysis.  From 2013 to 2015, he was the Director of Strategic Planning for the Group.

Mr. Al-Murshed holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Arizona State University, and an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  He is also a graduate of the General Management Program at Harvard Business School.