KAMIL AL-SHANFRI

Board Member

Kamil Al Shanfri is the Chief Executive Officer, of OQ Refineries and Petroleum Industries(OQ RPI).

He manages OQ fully owned refineries in Muscat and Sohar, and petrochemicals in the Sohar industrial area which consist of Aromatics Plant, Steam Cracker, and Polymer production.

He has more than 24 years of professional experience in Oil and Gas, 20 of them in Refineries and Petrochemicals. He held several leadership positions since 2011 and was Board Chairman of Air Liquide Sohar Industrial Gases between 2015 to 2020 and current member of the OQ8 board. Prior to this role, he was Chief Operation Officer of Downstream Oman Assets of OQ where his responsibilities covered refineries and Petrochemicals Plants in Muscat, Sohar, and Salalah.

Kamil is leading operation excellence programs in OQ RPI by introducing continuous improvement programs, high-performance cultures, enhancing operation & energy efficiencies, maintenance excellence, improving personnel productivity, and capability development.

Al Shanfari holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Tulsa, USA and he has attended IMD Leadership programs.