Business & Money | Monday 4 January, 2016 10:57 am |

Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), a Dubai Government owned entity, has announced two key leadership positions as the organisation gets ready to step into the new year with strong domestic and international expansion plans. 

 

Dr. Eng. Waddah Shihab Ghanem has been appointed as Executive Director of EHSSQ & Corporate Affairs and. Eng. Hesham Ali Mustafa is now Executive Director - Group Strategy and New Business Development. Both Dr. Eng. Ghanem and Eng. Hesham Ali Mustafa are ENOC veterans having been part of the Group for more than 16 years. 

 

Commenting on the two appointments, Saif Humaid Al Falasi, ENOC Group CEO, said: “I am very pleased to be announcing these two well-deserved appointments, which represent a huge step forward for ENOC’s expansion plans. Both their skills and backgrounds are exceptional and I am positive they are well positioned to undertake their new key responsibilities and support our growth plans of being an international integrated oil & gas player.” 

 

In his new capacity, Dr. Eng. Ghanem will oversee the development and implementation of best practices and standards for EHS, business excellence & quality, sustainability, security and risk management as well as wellness and social affairs. He will also oversee the group’s legal affairs and the development and implementation of the ENOC Group communications strategy to support commercial growth and strategic positioning.

 

In July 2015, Dr. Eng. Ghanem completed a DBA in EHS Leadership & Governance focusing on high risk organisations across the GCC. His research was sponsored by ENOC as a testament of its commitment to human capital development and to nurturing internal talent to help them excel and grow within the organisation.

 

Dr. Eng. Ghanem is an environmental engineer graduated from the University of Wales College Cardiff’s School of Engineering. He is an experienced engineering professional with in-depth expertise in matters related to technical, Environment, Health, Safety & Quality (EHSQ), operational excellence, governance and compliance. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Eng. Ghanem was ENOC’s Director of Group EHSQ Compliance since January 2010 and has held several positions in that field through his ENOC career which started in the first refinery in Dubai, EPCL. He had started his career with Hyder Consulting as their first environmental engineer in their Dubai office before moving to ENOC. 

 

Eng. Hesham Ali Mustafa’s expertise in the energy sector spans Corporate Planning, Strategic Management, International Networking and Business Development. In his new role, Eng. Hesham Ali Mustafa will be primarily responsible for developing and implementing ENOC Group’s strategy in alignment with the Government of Dubai’s strategic goals. He will also be overseeing ENOC’s global upstream, midstream and downstream activities with a focus on developing and implementing sustainable strategies that achieve recurring growth to ENOC’s bottom line.

 

With over 18 years of proven experience, Hesham’s capabilities as a civil design engineer, project manager, successful asset operator, strategic planner, and sector focused business developer, were proven as he took EMGAS to new heights achieving record growth establishing it as a benchmark organisation in the gas industry in the region in terms of business performance, international growth, operating standards and business excellence.

 

Eng. Hesham started his career in 1997 working with the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority and later joined ENOC Processing Company in 2001. He then moved to join Emirates Gas (EMGAS) in 2002 and took charge of EMGAS management in 2005, where he played a strategic role in driving the company’s expansion. Hesham graduated for the Dubai Men’s Higher Colleges of Technology in Civil Engineering.