The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC in its verified Twitter handle has announced the appointment and assumption of office Haitham Al Ghais of Kuwait on Monday as the new Secretary-General.
The Twitte reads: “OPEC today welcomed its new secretary-general, Haitham Al Ghais of Kuwait. Al Ghais was appointed by acclamation for the post for a three-year term at the special meeting of the OPEC conference held on 3 January 2022.
“He, Al Ghais, is a widely respected oil technocrat and OPEC figure with 30 years of experience in the oil sector.
“He advised six Kuwaiti oil ministers on market developments and has served as Kuwait’s governor for OPEC, chairman of the Declaration of Cooperation’s (DoC) Joint Technical Committee (JTC) and Kosovo Prosecutorial Council (KPC) deputy managing director for international marketing.”
