Mazen Matar

Mr. Mazen Matar serves as the Board of Director and Managing Director of Arab Shipbuilding and
Repair Yard Co. (ASRY), Bahrain, a leading international ship & rig repair / building / fabrication facility in the Middle East and leads the restructuring and modernization process of ASRY’s development and growth.

Mr. Matar also serves as the Board Member of Bahrain Liquefied Natural Gas (BLNG), former Chairman
of the Bapco Modernisation Programme (BMP) Steering Committee, Board Member of Tatweer Petroleum, as well as the Chairman of BLNG.

Prior to joining Ministry of Oil, Mr. Matar was the President of AECOM Arabia – the Saudi Arabia
operations of AECOM, a $20 billion, fully integrated infrastructure and support services US firm, with
the ability to design, build, finance, and operate infrastructure assets globally. AECOM Arabia was
established in Saudi Arabia in 1976 as a Joint Venture between Xenel Industries Group and AECOM.

In this role, Mr. Matar was responsible for direct planning and project delivery and management of AECOM’s operations in Saudi Arabia, focusing on strong project performance and ensuring an environment of world-class project delivery and project managers committed to excellence. He took the reigns of AECOM Arabia in 2011, when AECOM transformed from a manpower supply company to a full-fledged engineering firm in Saudi Arabia delivering some of the largest projects in the Kingdom such as Jeddah Storm Water, Jezan Economic City, Riyadh Airport and King Abdulla School Program.

Prior to joining AECOM, Mr. Matar was with Xenel Industries Limited for 6 years, as Business Development Director – Services Group and later as Project Director for the Red Sea Gateway Terminal Project, leading the development of one of the first port BOT projects in the Middle East. Additionally, he served as a member of AECOM Arabia’s Board of Directors from 2005 to 2010.

He also worked in Bahrain prior to that with the Economic Development Board in serving as Head of Industrial Program and Director of Global Relationship Management and also Arthur Andersen as Assurance and Business Advisory Manager. Mazen started his career as a Process Engineer with BANAGAS then served as Project Engineer for BANAGAS expansion project. Later he was appointed as GM of United Gulf Industries, a listed company in Bahrain Stock Exchange.

Mr. Matar holds a Master’s Degree from Lancaster University – UK in Project Management and a Bachelors Degree from Tulsa University in Chemical Engineering.

Specialties: project management, strategic and project planning, operations, feasibility studies, project financing.