Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology since July 2020, United Arab Emirates.

Role in the UAE energy sector

Al Jaber has led the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company “ADNOC” since 2016, where he holds the position of CEO and Managing Director of the company, and he is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company “Masdar” since 2014.

He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of “ADNOC Drilling Company”, “Abu Dhabi Plastics Company” “Borouge”, and “Emirates Development Bank” since July 5, 2020, and “Industry Coordinating Council” since September 13, 2020, and “ADNOC”. Gas Company” since 2023, “ADNOC Distribution Company” since 2016, and “Vertiglobe Company” since 2019.

Work in climate

He has been a special envoy of the United Arab Emirates in the field of climate change since November 29, 2020, and President of the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP28), held in 2023.

He also worked as a special envoy for the United Arab Emirates for energy and climate change affairs in 2010, and assistant to the UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs for energy and climate change affairs. He was also a member of the advisory group specialized in providing advice to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on issues related to energy and climate change in 2009.

Other positions

He is also a member of the Board of Directors of: “Advanced Technology Research Council”, “Mubadala Investment Company” since March 9, 2023, “First Abu Dhabi Bank” since February 23, 2020, and “Emirates Global Aluminum Company” since 2014. Member of the UAE Supreme Petroleum Council, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Mohammed bin Zayed University for Artificial Intelligence, member of the Board of Trustees of the Emirates Diplomatic Academy and Khalifa University, and Director General of the Zayed Sustainability Prize.

Previous positions

He served as a member of the Board of Directors of: “Aldar Properties Company”, “Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding Company”, “American University in Dubai”, and “Young Arab Leaders Organization”, and was a member of the Advisory Board of the College of Management and Economics at the “University of the Arab Emirates”. “United.”

He held the position of Minister of State between 2013 and 2020, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of: “The Emirati National Media Council” between 2015 and 2020, “Abu Dhabi Ports Company” between 2013 and 2019, “Sky News Arabia Channel,” and CEO of the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company “Masdar.” “ in 2006, CEO of the Energy Sector at Mubadala Development Company “Mubadala”, General Manager of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company “ADNOC” in 2016, Executive Marketing Director at “Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing”, Chairman of the “Economic Tawazun Council”, and “The Office Coordination of UAE development projects in Egypt.

More about Sultan Al Jaber

He received the “Champion of the Earth” award in 2012 from the United Nations.

He holds a doctorate in business and economics in 2007 from Coventry University in the United Kingdom, an honorary doctorate in science from the University of Toledo, a master’s degree in business administration in 2001 from California State University Los Angeles in the United States of America, and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. In 1997 from the University of Southern California.