CEO, Kuwait National Petroleum Company
Origin: Kuwait
Residence: Kuwait
Sector: Energy
In November 2022, state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation appointed Al-Khateeb as the CEO of its subsidiary Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), which reported profits worth KD341m ($1.11bn) and revenues totalling KD10.24bn ($33.38bn) for the financial year 2021/2022. Al-Khateeb was previously the deputy CEO of Mina Abdullah refinery, which was built in 1958, fully acquired by Kuwait in 1977 and transferred to KNPC in 1978. KNPC launched its 2040 Updated Strategy in March of last year, an initiative that Al-Khateeb is now expected to drive forward.