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About the MD & GCEO

Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber

UAE Minister of Industry & Advanced Technology, 
MD & Group CEO of ADNOC, Executive Chairman of XRG & Chairman of Masdar

Dr Sultan at WGS

Dr Al Jaber is a member of the UAE Federal Cabinet and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, overseeing efforts to increase the industrial development, diversification and competitiveness of the UAE.

He is also the UAE’s Special Envoy to Austria, Germany, Greece, Japan, Morocco and Russia, where he spearheads efforts to advance strategic relations, strengthen economic cooperation, and increase high-impact investment opportunities.

In 2016, Dr Al Jaber was appointed Group CEO of ADNOC. At the direction of the UAE Leadership, he has led a rapid and comprehensive transformation through domestic and international expansion, strengthened financial performance and fostered a more commercial mindset. During his tenure, ADNOC entered global capital markets for the first time, completing the first ever IPO of an ADNOC business and attracting significant FDI from strategic and private equity investors. The company’s global growth accelerated further in 2024 with the establishment of XRG, ADNOC’s international energy investment company, with a unique architecture that operates across the entire energy value chain. Throughout ADNOC’s transformation, Dr Al Jaber has prioritized the adoption of breakthrough technologies including AI, to ensure ADNOC remains a key contributor to the UAE’s economy, and builds on its position as one of the most advanced, sustainable and efficient oil and gas producers in the world.

Prior to taking on the leadership position at ADNOC, Dr Al Jaber was the Chief Executive Officer of the Energy platform at Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi government's strategic investment arm. In 2006, at the direction of the UAE leadership, he established Masdar and served nine years as its CEO. In 2009 he led Masdar's efforts in the UAE's successful bid to host the headquarters of the "International Renewable Energy Agency" (IRENA). He continues to serve as Chairman of Masdar, guiding the company’s strategic direction toward becoming one of the world’s largest renewable energy companies with the goal of growing its portfolio to at least 100GW by 2030.

Dr Al Jaber is driving the integration of energy and AI as twin engines of global economic growth and progress. He is a member of Abu Dhabi’s Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology Council as well as the Advanced Technology Research Council. In 2024, he was appointed the Chairman of Presight, the region’s leading big data analytics company powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI). From 2019 until 2024, Dr Al Jaber served as the founding chairman of the board of trustees and established the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) the first graduate level, research-based AI University in the world, established in 2019 to contribute to the UAE’s homegrown AI ecosystem. In November 2023, Dr Al Jaber was appointed COP28 UAE President, where he led the efforts to reach consensus among almost 200 countries to achieve ‘The UAE Consensus.’ The historic agreement delivered a package of ambitious and balanced outcomes across the entire climate agenda.

Dr Al Jaber holds several leadership roles and advisory positions across a diversified portfolio of investments. He serves as Chairman of IMI, a privately-owned, global media company with operations across 19 countries. He is also Chairman of Emirates Development Bank, FAB Misr, Reinsurance Intelligence Quotient (RIQ), and Alterra, the world’s largest private climate investment fund. Dr Al Jaber also serves on the boards of the Abu Dhabi Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs, the Mubadala Investment Company, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), Emirates Investment Authority (EIA), and Emirates Global Aluminium.

Dr Al Jaber served on the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All and received the UN’s "Champion of the Earth" award in 2012. In 2013 he received a CBE from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In 2019, he received a lifetime achievement award from his Excellency the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, for his contributions to energy security, building bridges to emerging Asian economies and for reshaping traditional energy business models. In 2021, he was named Energy Executive of the Year by Energy Intelligence for his contribution to transforming the energy industry as the world navigates the energy transition.

In 2024, Dr Al Jaber received the Order of the Union from His Highness Sheikh Mohamed, President of the United Arab Emirates, for his role in leading the team that delivered the UAE Consensus. And in the same year he received the ‘CERAWeek Leadership Award for Building Global Consensus towards a Sustainable Energy Future’ for his role in bringing Parties together to deliver the UAE Consensus. Dr Al Jaber received a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Southern California in 1997. He received a Master of Science in Business Administration (MBA) from California State University, Los Angeles in 2001, and he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Economics by Coventry University in 2007.