Oman Climate Week

OMAN CLIMATE WEEK

COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2025

Feb 24-27, 2025
Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre
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COMMITTEE MEMBERS

EXECUTIVE COMMITEE

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chair

H.E Abdullah Bin Ali Al Amri
Chairman
Oman Environment Authority

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Muhammad Taimur Gandapur
UNFCCC Global Team Lead UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Centers

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Dr. Amer Al Hinai
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Sultan Qaboos University

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Sami Dimassi
Regional Director and Representative, Regional Office for West Asia – UNEP

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Rumaitha Al Busaidi
Vice President
Environment Society of Oman

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Talal Hasan
CEO
44.01

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Emma Champion
Head of Regional Energy Transitions BloombergNEF

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Ibrahim Al-Zu’bi
Group Chief Sustainability
& ESG Officer ADNOC Group

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Roula Majdalani
Director, Sustainable Development Policies Division ESCWA

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Dr. Yousef Al Horr
Chairman
GORD

Essam Al Sheibhani
Vice President of Sustainability
Asyad Group

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Dr. Samir Tantawi
Senior Consultant
IPCC

Prof. Ghazi Al-Rawas
College of Engineering,
Sultan Qaboos University (SQU)

Alexandra Soezer
Director
Climate Action Centre

Hanife Ymer
Head of ESG
Sohar International Bank

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

chair

Dr. Mohammed Al-Kalbani
Director General
Oman Environment Authority

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Dr. Malik Al Wardy
Director of CESAR
Sultan Qaboos University

Mohamed Al Breiki
Executive Director,
Sustainable Development
Masdar City

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Fadi Al-Shihabi
ESG Services Leader – Lower Gulf
Head of ESG & Decarbonization – Saudi Arabia KPMG

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Ulrich Emmer
Managing Director
BAUER Nimr LLC

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Naveen Ahlawat
Head – Power to X
Vulcan Green Steel

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Thuraya Al Sariri
Assistant Director General for Nature Conservation Environment Authority

Nawaf Al Balushi
Managing Director
Takhzeen

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Mohamed Bakr
Regional Director
Climate Technology Solutions Middle East & Africa Baker Hughes

Kishor Rajhansa
Chief Operations Officer
Global Carbon Council

Annalena Hagenauer
Principal
BCG

Dr. Zara Summers
Chief science officer
LanzaTech

Eman Wahby
Technical Committee member
MENA Engagement Lead, Climate Champions Team

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Svenja Telle
Director, Project Origination
Base Carbon

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Alec Saltikoff
Partner at CTP
Board Member of Silverstone Investment
Former JPMorgan Global Head of Sustainability

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Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Ajmi
Supervisor of Climate Affairs
Environment Authority

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Michelle Li
Founder, Clever Carbon and
Women and Climate

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Debbie Richardson
Senior Corporate Affairs Strategist
Oman Sail

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

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chair

Dr. Malik Al Wardy
Director of CESAR
Sultan Qaboos University

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Dr. Saleh Al Saadi
Director of Sustainable Energy Research Center at Sultan Qaboos University

Manika Prasad
Professor, Director of the Mines CCUS Innovation Center
Colorado School of Mines

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Stephen Wilkinson
Applied Sustainability Researcher in the UAE
FCIHT, FGS, FRMS, DIC.

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Mohammad Reza
Data Science in Water and Environmental Engineering
Sultan Qaboos University

Nidhi Nagabhatla
United Nations University – CRIS
Senior Fellow Cluster Coordinator – Nature, Climate and Health

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Muftah H. El-Naas
Professor
Gas Processing Center, Qatar University

Dr. Zara Summers
Chief science officer
LanzaTech

Juerg Matter
Professor of Geoengineering and Carbon Management
University of Southampton