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Sadara Veolia sign MOU to build sustainable central utilities facility in PlasChem Park

5/30/2018

Sadara, Veolia sign MOU to build sustainable central utilities facility in PlasChem Park

11th Annual GPCA Conference

12/4/2016

Sadara Chemical Company leading the drive to a more robust regional downstream industry.

Faisal M. Al-Faqeer

Dr. Faisal Al-Faqeer joined Sadara Chemical Company as Chief Executive Officer in October 2017, bringing with him over 23 years of experience in the oil & gas industry, having previously led different functions in within Aramco, including in Engineering Consulting Services, Research and Development, Refining and Gas Operations. He also served as a Board Member on the Sadara Board of Directors from January to September 2017, and comes to his new role with a deep understanding of the Company and its operations. Prior to joining Sadara, Dr. Faisal served as the acting General ...

Manager of Ras Tanura Refinery, a complex refinery with a capacity of 550 thousand barrels per day, making it the largest refinery in the Middle East. He also previously led the Engineering and Operations Departments in the Refinery, where he was responsible for the safe and reliable operation of the assets, meeting the production commitment and managing major refinery upgrades. Prior to joining Ras Tanura Refinery, he led Aramco Research and Development Center where he was responsible for establishing different research satellite centers in North America and Europe. Dr. Faisal holds a Master’s Degree and a PhD in Materials Science & Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, and Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.

Massimiliano Leopardi

Massimiliano joined Sadara Chemical Company as Chief Financial Officer in July, 2014, bringing with him a wealth of experience spanning almost 20 years in the finance and petrochemical industries. In his new role, Massimiliano plays a key role in the continued growth of Sadara, serving as an integral and strategic member of its senior management team, and is primarily responsible for the management of the company's present and future financial position, and building a strong and capable financial team to support the company's business and operations. Massimiliano's career at Dow spanned various global positions prior ...

to being appointed to his current role. He most recently served as senior finance director with Dow Chemical for Sadara, beginning in 2011, where he has been directly involved in managing the financial activities of the Aramco-Dow JV. He was also instrumental in the execution of the Sadara joint venture formation in 2010, when he was serving as Dow's Director of Mergers & Acquisitions for the EMEA region. Prior to that, in 2008, Massimiliano was appointed Global Finance Director for Styrenics as well as the Hydrocarbons & Energy Finance Director for the EMEA region. This dual role included leading the restructuring of Dow's Styrenics portfolio globally, as well as managing the Dow petrochemical portfolio in EMEA. Massimiliano has held a number of other leadership roles in Europe during his time with Dow , which began when he joined the company in Milan, Italy in 1998 after beginning his career in trading and portfolio management at HSBC in 1995. Massimiliano holds an MBA in Business Administration, specializing in Financial Markets from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.

Dr. Abdullah Al-Ahmari

Dr. Abdullah was appointed VP of Business and Services for Sadara in March 2018. In this role, he is responsible for four main functions, namely, Information Technology, Procurement, Site Logistics and Commercial. Dr. Abdullah also serves as the Engagement Lead for Third Party agreements with the Jubail Royal Commission, Saudi Rail, King Fahad Industrial Port, Jubail Commercial Port, and other major Sadara stakeholders in Jubail. A career Saudi Aramco leader, Dr. Abdullah was seconded, with the approval of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman ibn Abdulaziz, to the Ministry of Health as Assistant ...

Deputy Minister of Supply and Operations from 2015-2017. His responsibilities included procurement, contracting, warehousing and logistics, as well as demand planning and supplier relations for 367 hospitals, 2,300 primary care clinics and four major medical cities. Abdullah was a key member of the MOH 2030 Transformation Team and played a major role in transforming his assigned areas, resulting in significant savings for the Kingdom. Dr. Abdullah joined Saudi Aramco in 1992, working in various entrepreneurial and leadership capacities. His areas of expertise include IT, Supply Chain Management, Contracting, Procurement and Logistics. From 2012-2014, he served as the Manager of Procurement, Contracting and Logistic Services for Aramco Services Company in Houston, USA. Prior to that, he held a number of leadership positions from 2005-2011, serving as Acting Manager of various departments in Saudi Aramco, during which time he led a number of key initiatives, including working on design and implementation of Saudi Aramco’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) SAP system. He also served in the management of several strategic projects in the Procurement and Supply Chain Management departments. Dr. Abdullah served as a Board Member for the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASAO), a Founding member of Saudi Health Investment Holding Company (SEHA) and a member of Saudi Council of Engineers and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Abdullah holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) degree in Electrical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Dhahran. He has a Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Hull, U.K., and a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership in Information Systems and Technology from the University of Phoenix, USA. He also completed his senior Executive Program with London Business School, UK in October, 2010.

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Established in October 2011, Sadara* Chemical Company is a joint venture developed by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and The Dow Chemical Company (Dow). It is an unprecedented undertaking – the largest chemical complex ever built in the world in a single phase, with 26 integrated world scale manufacturing plants, over 3 million metric tons of capacity per year, and a total investment of about US$20 billion.

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Sadara will be the first chemical complex in the Kingdom to use naphtha as feedstock. By using best-in-class technologies to crack naphtha, Sadara will open the door to many industries that either do not exist in Kingdom or only exist through imports of raw materials (e.g. Oil & Gas Chemicals, Water Treatment Chemicals, Furniture, Bedding, Automobile Parts and Detergents, to name a few); and will enable new downstream businesses and investments.

Who We Are

Sadara is an Arabic word that means "in the lead," or "out in front." The name further signifies the progressive leadership and superior performance that Sadara as a company stands for. These characteristics exemplify the very nature of the world-class chemical enterprise that is Sadara. Taking Saudi Arabia's chemical industry further downstream and promoting the Kingdom's economic future is one of Sadara's social goals. Sadara is creating new value chains and contributing to the Kingdom's economic future. Read the Sadara Prospectus here.

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A career with Sadara is an opportunity to take part in a game-changing joint venture between two corporate leaders in the industry, Saudi Aramco and The Dow Chemical Company (Dow). Sadara represents a major step forward in their strategies to drive growth further downstream, and in value-added businesses.