Number of officials reshuffled

KIPIC appoints Hameed

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 13: Regarded as the biggest reshuffle of officials at Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Explorations Company (KUFPEC) in years, acting CEO Sheikh Nawwaf Saoud Al-Sabah recently issued a circular on reshuffling a number of officials in line with the company’s strategy for 2040 to carry out new development and operating plans, reports Al-Rai daily.

The circular includes the appointment of Nesma Alramdan as head of Exploration Operations Team and changing the name of Europe and USA Sector to Europe and Africa Sector with Nawwaf Al-Salem as director.

This is in addition to changing the name of Southeast Asia Sector to Asia Sector with Badr Matar as director while Mohammad Al-Sabti will head the Southeast Asia Team. The head of West Asia and Middle East Team will be announced later.

Meanwhile, acting CEO of Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) Hatem Al-Awadi issued administrative circular number 21 for the year 2019 on the appointment of Wael Hameed as head of the Safety Team reporting directly to the director of Health, Safety, Environment, Security and Fire-fighting groups, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

The circular included the appointment of Hanan Badr AlQenaei as head of Health and Environment Team while Yousif Shabaan Ghadanfouri will head the Fire-fighting Team.