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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.

Bob Brandt

Bob Brandt was appointed Vice President of Manufacturing and Engineering for Sadara Chemical Company in January, 2017, bringing with him over 30 years of international experience in the chemicals industry. He joins Sadara at a critical juncture in the evolution of the company as Sadara moves from construction to an operational company. In his new role, he will be overseeing the commissioning and startup of the remaining facilities at the Sadara chemical complex, in addition to all site operations, including maintenance, manufacturing and engineering. Bob has extensive global experience having worked across ...

several markets including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Canada and the United States. Prior to joining Sadara, Bob was VP of Operations for Equate Petrochemicals in Kuwait, where he was appointed after serving as VP of Manufacturing at MEGlobal in Canada. At Equate and MEGlobal, Robert served in similar roles, overseeing all operations and manufacturing, environmental, health and safety procedures, as well as work processes and quality control. Under his stewardship, both companies saw record performances in Asset Capability, Reliability and Production. Bob began his career at Union Carbide in 1985. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas - Austin.

Farhan M. Al Qahtani

Farhan was appointed Vice President of Industrial Relations for Sadara Chemical Company in November 2017. His area of responsibility covers a wide-range of critical business functions, including human resource strategy development, planning and execution, as well as employee training and development, and all types of government and corporate communications. He is also responsible for overseeing the complex housing and transportation requirements of Sadara’s diverse workforce. Farhan joined Saudi Aramco in 1980 and has worked in a variety of entrepreneurial and leadership capacities. Most recently, he led the Human Resources Joint Venture and Subsidiary Support Department, ...

where he played a key role in integrating HR best practices for all of Saudi Aramco’s in-Kingdom joint ventures and subsidiaries as well as establishing annual HR forums and collaboration meetings. Prior to that, from 2012-2013, he served as Vice President of Industrial Relations for the Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF), where he led Human Resources, Support Services, Industrial Security & Fire Protection and Supply Chain. Before his tenure at YASREF, he occupied various key positions at Saudi Aramco, including acting Director of Saudi Aramco’s Staffing Services Department and head of the Supplemental Manpower & Contracts Administration Division. From 2005-2009, Farhan headed the Social Insurance & Retirement Affairs Division. He also acted as Assistant to the Vice President of Community Services between 1998 and 2003, he was the Planning Staff Coordinator for the Community Services Administrative Area. From 1986 to 1998, he held a number of supervisory positions in various locations under Community Services. Farhan holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR), USA. He also completed various Saudi Aramco leadership programs, including those of the Saudi Aramco Leadership Forum (SALF) and the Manager Assessment Center (MAC).

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Employing state of the art, best-in-class technologies, Sadara's world-scale integrated complex will produce over 3 million tons of performance, value-added chemical and plastics products.

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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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Fourteen of the 26 world-scale manufacturing plants being built in the Sadara complex in Jubail Industrial City II are new to Saudi Arabia and their products will be made in the Kingdom for the first time. For instance, Sadara introduces the first Polyurethane (Isocyanates and Polyols) plants in the Kingdom. By bringing in advanced technologies to create new products, Sadara is adding new value chains to expand and transform the Kingdom's existing chemical landscape.