Nakilat has appointed Abdullah Fadhalah al-Sulaiti as its new managing director.
Nakilat’s board of directors has also appointed Mohamed Ghannam as expert in the office of Nakilat’s managing director.
Al-Sulaiti joined Nakilat in February 2011 as deputy managing director. Previously he had been shipping manager at Qatargas from 2006 to 2011.
He had also held various shipping-related positions at Qatargas after joining the company in 1997.
Al-Sulaiti graduated from Southampton Maritime College in the United Kingdom in 1998 with a degree in engineering and a major in marine engineering.
Al-Sulaiti said: “I am honoured by and thankful for the trust and support of our Chairman HE Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada and our board of directors. Nakilat is Qatar’s flagship marine company and it is a great privilege to be its managing director. I intend to build upon Nakilat’s strong track record of achievements with further success, consolidating our company’s position as an asset to Qatar’s LNG value chain, to our economy and to future generations to come.”
Nakilat is a Qatari marine company providing the critical transportation link in Qatar’s LNG supply chain. Its LNG shipping fleet is the largest in the world,
comprising some 56 LNG vessels.
