Sarah Baashan

Sarah Baashan is the Director of Corporate Sustainability at Aramco, where she leads the company’s sustainability positioning, strategy, governance, and reporting. Her work resides at the intersection of energy, sustainability, and climate policy, advancing initiatives that strengthen Aramco’s contribution to a balanced and inclusive energy future.

Prior to this role, she established and led Aramco’s Industry Insights and Engagements function, responsible for shaping the company’s policies on the energy transition and expanding its partnerships across North America, Asia, and Africa. She also managed Aramco’s institutional relationships with organizations like the World Economic Forum and the B20, and led a corporate team contributing to global policy dialogue during Saudi Arabia’s G20 Presidency.

With nearly two decades of experience spanning international policy, multilateral diplomacy, and corporate spheres, Sarah brings a rare blend of global insight and pragmatic execution. During her secondment to the Ministry of Energy in 2012, she became the first Saudi woman to represent the Kingdom in multilateral climate negotiations and participated in various forums like the United Nations, UNFCCC, IPCC, WTO, IMF, the League of Arab States, and the Gulf Cooperation Council.

As a Presiding Officer of the UNFCCC, Sarah facilitated chapters of the Paris Agreement, and became the co-Chair for the Paris Agreement Rulebook, securing consensus among 196 Member States on detailed guidance for NDCs, transparency frameworks, global stocktake, and climate finance mechanisms.

She brings a development-oriented perspective to the global energy transition and is particularly passionate about the role of energy in enabling growth across the Global South. Sarah holds a Master of International Affairs in International Economic Policy from Columbia University, and is an OPEC Fellow.