Speaker

Khaled Al Qureshi is a result oriented senior executive with 25+ years of leadership experience in the Water Desalination sector. Khaled has a proven track record of O&M operation excellence and is best known for successfully growing businesses within the public-private partnerships model. Khaled generates success through his ability to strategize, improve engagement as well as recognize areas of improvement commercially, financially and technically. Khaled earned a BSc degree in Chemical Engineering from King Saud University in 1994 and started his career in the Saline Water Conversion Company (SWCC) where he held the position of Operations Division Manager for 10+ years. Later earned a MSc degree in Desalination Technology, with distinction, from Glasgow University in 2002 followed by several publications during 2002-2008 related to Water Desalination & Cogeneration. Khaled held the position of Vice President of Operations & Maintenance at the Power and Water Company for Jubail & Yanbu (Marafiq) for 10+ years and served as a Director on several Boards in the water, power and utilities sector during that time. In 2017, Khaled was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) where he is currently overseeing the Kingdom’s privatization of water desalination, sewage treatment and other related water projects in excess of SAR 35 billion