Jasim Husain Thabet serves as TAQA’s Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, a role he has held since July 2020. Mr. Thabet, who was elected to TAQA’s Board of Directors in 2019, is an energy industry veteran with more than two decades of experience.

Prior to his role at TAQA, he served as CEO & MD of Abu Dhabi Power Corporation, where he leveraged the company’s portfolio of assets throughout the value-chain to support the transformation of the power and water sector in the UAE. He also served as CEO of the National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed), where he drove capacity expansion and revenue growth.

Mr. Thabet sits on the board of Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Etihad Aviation Group and Abu Dhabi Ports.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Saint Martin’s University in the United States.

Steve Ridlington serves as TAQA’s Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since July 2020. Prior to his role at TAQA, Mr. Ridlington was Chief Investment Officer at ADPower. He previously held positions with BP, TNK-BP, and the National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed), serving as CFO at the latter.

Mr. Ridlington holds a Master of Philosophy in Economics from St Antony’s College, Oxford, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Sussex.

Gareth Wynn serves as TAQA’s Chief Communications Officer, a position he has held since January 2021. In this role, he oversees all external, internal, government advocacy and corporate social responsibility activities across the Group.

Mr. Wynn has more than two decades of experience as a senior communications leader in international energy companies. He most recently served as Stakeholder and Communications Director for Oil & Gas UK, the leading representative organization for the UK offshore oil and gas industry. He has also held key senior management positions at EDF Energy and FTI Consulting.

Mr. Wynn holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and Microbial Technology with honors from the University of Warwick.

Omar Al Hashmi serves as the Executive Director of TAQA’s Transmission & Distribution business, a position he has held since July 2020. In this role, he oversees the company’s diverse portfolio of transmission and distribution assets.

Prior to his role at TAQA, Mr. Al Hashmi was Executive Director – Asset Management at Abu Dhabi Power Corporation (ADPower), where he supported the development of the company’s transformation plan, structure and governance. He previously served as the head of strategy development in Etihad Airways and Vice President in the Industry platform at  Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala).

Mr. Al Hashmi holds a Master of Business Administration from the London Business School and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the George Washington University.

Farid Al Awlaqi heads TAQA’s Generation business line, a position he has held since July 2020. In this role, he oversees and develops the company’s global power generation and water portfolio.

He previously served as Senior Vice President in the energy platform at Mubadala Investment, where he held various roles from operations to business development, investment and asset management.

Mr. Awlaqi holds a Sloan masters from the London Business School, a Master of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering from the Imperial College of the University of London. He is also a prize winner from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Franco Polo heads TAQA’s Oil & Gas business line, a position he has held since July 2020. An oil executive with over 30 years of experience in international exploration and production, he previously served as the Executive Vice President of Upstream of the Asian Pacific region at Eni, an integrated energy company.

Mr. Polo holds a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Bologna, Italy.

Steve Wackerle serves as TAQA’s Chief Risk and Internal Audit Officer, a position he has held since July 2020. Mr. Wackerle oversees and objectively reviews the organization’s business processes and risk management procedures. Prior to this role, he held similar leadership roles with Abu Dhabi Power Corporation and BP.

Mr. Wackerle holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting from the University of Cape Town in South Africa; CFA Charterholder; Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; and South African Chartered Accountant CA(SA).

Mohammad Adnan Sharafi serves as TAQA’s Chief Legal Officer and Board Secretary, a position he’s held since July 2020. He oversees the company’s legal, governance, ethics and compliance and regulatory affairs functions.

Prior to his role with TAQA, Mr. Sharafi served as the General Counsel of Abu Dhabi Power Corporation in addition to nearly 12 years at Mubadala Investment Company advising on major M&A transactions, utilities development projects and other transactions covering the utilities, industrial and financial sectors. Mohammad also spent a number of years working at Clifford Chance LLP’s offices in London and Dubai.

Mr. Sharafi is qualified to practice law as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the College of Law, London as well as a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Westminster, London.

Noel Aoun serves as TAQA’s Executive Director of Strategy. he previously served as Group Strategy and Business Development Director at TAQA, a role he has held since March 2018. In his role, Noel leads the development of TAQA’s corporate strategy and operating model, whilst coordinating strategies across the organization’s business units. Prior to his position at TAQA, he held leadership positions in Schneider Electric and Booz & Co.

Mr. Aoun holds a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD and a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ecole Supérieure des Ingénieurs de Beirut.

Christian George serves as the Executive Director of TAQA’s M&A function, a position he has held since August 2021. In this role, he leads development of the company’s investment strategies and the process of mergers and acquisitions within TAQA Group’s portfolio.

He previously served as the Head of Corporate Transactions at Saudi Aramco, where Mr. George led the transformation of the business’s upstream and downstream sectors. He also served as the Corporate Development and Strategy Director of Shoaibi Group in Saudi Arabia, where he led the development of group strategy.

Mr. George holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Finance from Kingston University, London and holds qualifications as an ACA (Chartered Accountant).

Nabil Almessabi serves as TAQA’s Chief Human Resources Officer, a position he has held since August 2021. In this role, he oversees the strategic development of human resources and administration, as key enablers to TAQA’s growth ambitions.

Prior to his role at TAQA, he served as Chief Human Resources Officer for TRANSCO and was the Executive Director of Human Capital & Communications at Abu Dhabi Power Corporation. With more than 20 years of experience, Mr. Almessabi has held leading positions across the oil and gas, real estate and tourism sectors in the UAE.

Mr. Almessabi holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the UAE University, a Management Diploma from the University of Cambridge – Judge Business School and a Global Executive MBA from INSEAD.