As the CEO of Arabian Drilling, Ghassan Mirdad is responsible for leading the national drilling champion in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

His career is deeply rooted in the upstream oilfield services sector, spanning 28 years. For 24 of those years, he held pivotal leadership roles at Schlumberger (SLB), in key countries, from Malaysia in the East to Bolivia and Brazil in the West. He has global expertise in the oil and gas oilfield services industry, partnerships and investments, mergers and acquisitions, business operations and human resource-es. Concluding his tenure at SLB, Ghassan served as the President of the Eastern Middle East region, where he led operations covering UAE, Oman, Pakistan, Iraq, and Yemen. Ghassan's passion for training and development steered him to leading Schlumberger's global training and development function, where he was responsible for upskilling over 100,000 employees worldwide.

Sloan fellow, Ghassan holds a master's in leadership and strategy from London Business School. He also has a bachelor's in chemical engineering from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals.

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