Objectives

The Committee shall support the GPCA Board of Directors by discussing, analyzing, seeking alignment on and recommending solutions to all supply chain issues, impacting the petrochemicals and chemicals industry, that come before the GPCA, based on the three strategic pillars of effective networking, thought leadership and advocacy:

  1. Creating networking platforms to bring together GPCA members for sharing information, latest trends and promoting best practices related to supply chain through conferences, workshops, seminars, roundtable meetings and general networking.
  2. Addressing issues of common interest to member companies by developing and publishing reports arising from industry developments, statistical data, opinions, and experiences on supply chain issues.
  3. Advocating and promoting supply chain best practices, policies, standards, benchmarks and measuring their impact on petrochemical and chemical industries.
  4. Coordinating and facilitating the optimization of the GCC chemical and petrochemical supply chain improvements through the engagement of government sectors, regulatory stakeholders, and industry players.
  5. Fostering innovation and recognizing excellence amongst the regional chemical and petrochemical supply chain domain.

Committee members

Saleh Al-Suwaiti

CEO

FAHSS-TUV

(Chairman)

Aslam Moola

Aslam Moola

Commercial & Business Development Director

Vopak Middle East

(Vice-Chairman)

Rakan Al – Otaishan

Deputy CEO

Abdul Rahman Al-Otaishan & Sons Group Co. LLC.

Kasper Castricum

General Manager

ACT Abu Dhabi

Mohammed Al-Zahrani

Procurement and Contracts Manager

Advanced Petrochemical Company

Khalid Bin Saheim

General Manager

Aldrees Petroleum & Transport Services Company

Alex Herreboudt

Director Middle East & Asia

Alfred Talke

Rudy Paiman Sadi

General Manager

Almajdouie & De Rijke Limited Co.

Haitham Fouad

Regional Category Buyer Logistics
Procurement / FM Team Leader- Middle East

BASF

Hasan Al-Kabeer

Partner

BCG

Remya Narayanan

General Manager

Bertschi Global AG

Ahmed AlKatheeri

SVP  Supply Chain

Borouge

Munif Al-Mutairi

Integrated Supply Chain Director

EQUATE Petrochemical Company

Waleed Al-Harbi

Director, Supply Chain Services – Marketing and Sales

Ma’aden

Christopher Simon Cook

Area Managing Director, UAE Area

Maersk

Dawood Al Rahbi

Lead – Global Supply Chain

OQ

Abeer Sadeq Marafi

Manager Fertilizer Marketing & Supply Operations

PIC

Ibraheim Al-Fakhroo

Procurement Manager

QAFAC

Fahad Al-Shamari

Product Handling & Logistics Manager

QAFCO

Mohamed Ali Al-Mohamedi

Procurement Group Manager

QAPCO

Ali Abdulhakem Al-Abdulla

Asst. Manager, Shipping Operations

QatarEnergy

Ahmed Al-Salahi

Chief Commercial Officer

Q-Chem

Hosam Al-Zamil

Global Supply Chain Vice President

SABIC

Ibrahim Bin Dayel

Director, Global SC Solids

SABIC

Yaser Al-Shahrani

Procurement Director

SADARA

Andre Kriel

CEO

Schmidt

Mohammad E. Ibrahim

General Manager Supply & Facility Management

Sipchem

Idriss Hasan

CEO

Star Energy Oiltanking ME

Turki Al Johani

Chief Procurement Officer

TASNEE

Mubarak Humaida

International Trade Operations Manager

The DOW Chemical Co.