Business & Money | Saturday 12 September, 2015 1:46 am |

 

"The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting"   (GOIC) revealed that His Excellency Mr. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiya, Chairman of Bin Hamad Al Attiya Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development, will be the keynote speaker at the 15th industrialists' conference which will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, under the slogan: "Foreign Direct Investments in GCC and its impact on industry". The conference will be held at the Sheraton Hotel Kuwait on the 25th and 26th of November, 2015.

Born in Qatar in 1952, H. E. Mr. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah has more than 30 years of experience in the energy industry and has served in a variety of senior leadership positions within the government of Qatar. In 1992, Al Attiyah was appointed Minister of Energy and Industry and Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum, before being entrusted with the additional responsibility of Second Deputy Prime Minister in 2003. Four years later, H.E. was elevated to Deputy Prime Minister, and in 2011 was appointed Chief of the Amiri Diwan.

Al Attiyah has also served as Chairman of Qatar's Planning Commission. He was also elected as Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development in 2006, and president of the 18th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC held in Doha in 2012 (COP18/ CMP8).