Mohammad Al Shahrani  is the Secretary General of the Gulf Downstream Association (GDA), Kingdom of Bahrain and also he is a Saudi Aramco Manager with 17 years of experience in Refining HSE, Manufacturing and Portfolio management. Since March 2021, Mohammad has been heading Affiliates Manufacturing Excellence under Downstream Global Manufacturing to oversee fourteen (14) Downstream affiliates. Prior to his current position, Mohammad was the General Manager of Refinery & Terminal Operations in SASREF; Saudi Aramco Subsidiary in Jubail. And, in 2019, he was assigned as the division head of Operations in Juaimah NGL Fractionation facilities. Previously, between 2016 and 2018, Mohammad assumed the role of portfolio manager responsible for SATORP; Saudi Aramco JV with Total SAS and SASREF which was a JV with Shell at the time.

Between 2005 and 2015, Mohammad started his career in Ras Tanura Refinery as chemical engineer. During that period, Mohammad assumed different roles in Manufacturing, Engineering, Projects, Safety, Planning and Turnaround management. In 2012, he joined UOP - Honeywell in US, for 18 months as process design and project engineer as part of Saudi Aramco UOP internship development program.

In addition to his current duties, Mohammad is the Secretary of Saudi Aramco President Affiliates Excellence Award Committee which he introduced as an initiative in 2017. He attended several leadership and executive programs such as Stanford Business School, London Business School, Harvard Negotiation program, Saudi Aramco Management program, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Hill & Knowlton Strategies and JCCP Safety & Operations management program.

Mohammad has been an active member in the community through different associations in social affairs and voluntarily development. Between 2015 and 2021, he was appointed by the government as Ras Tanura municipality city councilor for two terms. He participated in several events such as “Mecca the Islamic Cultural Capital” Symposium in 2005, the Kingdom initiative to enhance Higher Education System (AFAAQ) in 2006, 3rd OPEC Summit Higher Organization in 2007 as public & media relations representative and Saudi Aramco “Quest for Operational Excellence” Forum in 2010.

In 2018, Mohammad was a key member in the organization committee which managed GDA first Conference & Exhibit. Also, he was as a member in the advisory Board for Abu Dhabi International Downstream Summit organized by World Refinery Association. In addition, Mohammad participated in several international events such as Gulf Petrochemical Association (GPCA) and Asia Refining Summit.