Kuwait’s Al-Ghais To Succeed Nigeria’s Barkindo As OPEC Secretary-General

Top oil-producing countries on Monday picked Kuwaiti oil executive Haitham al-Ghais as the next Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. <br />He will replace Nigeria’s Mohammed Barkindo, who took over the helm of the organisation in 2016 and led it for two terms. <br />Al-Ghais, who was Kuwait’s OPEC governor from 2017 to June 2021, serves as a Deputy Managing Director of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC). <br />His decades of experience in the industry include stints in Beijing and London for the state oil corporation.