Dr Sultan Al Jaber
Managing director and group CEO, ADNOC
State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has had an enterprising last year. It announced investments of almost $6bn to enable drilling growth, following which the oil giant announced conventional oil, condensate and gas discoveries of up to one billion barrels of oil equivalent from an exploration well in Abu Dhabi’s Onshore Block 4 concession.
At the company’s helm is Dr Sultan Al Jaber, who is second on our list for driving the company’s ambitious growth strategy. Al Jaber was named the highest-ranked CEO outside of the US and China, according to Brand Finance. The UAE’s Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Al Jaber also chairs clean energy company, Masdar, and Abu Dhabi Media.