Ashraf A. Al Ghazzawi was appointed as the vice president of strategy and market analysis at Saudi Aramco on April 1, 2022.
Since July 2021, Al Ghazzawi has served as executive director of Strategy and Market Analysis, following his assignment as group treasurer, which began in January 2020.
Al Ghazzawi began his career with Aramco in 1995. Throughout his career, he has led various departments, including engineering, capital projects planning, and research and development, where he was responsible for establishing global R&D centers in North America, Europe and Asia.
In March 2018, he moved to the finance, strategy and development department as the general manager of the Planning Budgeting and Performance Management division, where he played a leading role in the development of Saudi Aramco’s IPO. He was also instrumental in Saudi Aramco’s inaugural corporate bond program, representing the company’s first-ever entry into the debt capital markets.
Al Ghazzawi is the chairman of the board of Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Co., also known as Wa’ed, and the Finance and Accounting Excellence Academy.
He also serves on the boards of Aramco Ventures, the Sadara Chemicals Company, and Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare.
Al Ghazzawi holds a doctorate in engineering from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School program for leadership development.
