HE the former Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry, Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah will be the keynote speaker at the 15th Industrialists Conference in Kuwait, the Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting (Goic) said.
The conference, with the theme “Foreign direct investments in the GCC and its impact on the industry,” is slated to be held on November 25 and 26.
Born in Qatar in 1952, al-Attiyah has more than 30 years of experience in the energy industry and has served in a variety of senior leadership positions within the government of Qatar.
In 1992, al-Attiyah was appointed Minister of Energy and Industry and chairman and managing director of Qatar Petroleum before being entrusted with the additional responsibility of Second Deputy Prime Minister in 2003.
Four years later, al-Attiyah was elevated to Deputy Prime Minister; in 2011, he was appointed Chief of the Emiri Diwan.
Al-Attiyah has also served as chairman of Qatar’s Planning Commission. He was also elected as chairman of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development in 2006 and president of the 18th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC held in Doha in 2012 (COP18 and CMP8).
The 15th Industrialists Conference will be held under the patronage of the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al- Sabah.