HE Haitham Al Ghais of Kuwait assumed office as Secretary General of OPEC on 1 August 2022.

With more than 30 years of experience in the global energy industry, HE Al Ghais has held key senior managerial positions for Kuwait Petroleum Corporation in his home country, as well as in Beijing and London.

HE Al Ghais has previously represented Kuwait in multiple OPEC governing bodies and various other international institutions, such as the International Energy Forum and the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

HE Al Ghais played a leading role in the historic Declaration of Cooperation between OPEC and non-OPEC oil-producing countries. In 2017, he was appointed as the first Chairman of the Joint Technical Committee that helped facilitate the development of the methodology for monitoring the conformity of production adjustments, and he was the leader of Kuwait’s team involved in finalizing and signing the Charter of Cooperation.