Prior to this role, he held several postions at the Abu Dhabi National Oil Comany (ADNOC), including the Manager of ADNOC Singapore Office, Sales Coordinator in Crude and Condensate Division, and Sales Coordinator in Middle Distillate Products

In addition to his current responsibilities, his Excellency Al Kaabi was a board member in the Arab Petroleum Services Co and the Arab Drilling and Workover Company. chairman of OPEC Auditing Committee, member of the International Pollution Compensation Fund in London, and the UAF's Govermor of OPEC and UAE executive Memeber at GECF and IEF

Throughout his career, His Excellency Al Kaabi has contributed to several key projects, including the auto-reconciliation, cash call, e-payment, and gasoline and diesel de-regulation.

His Excellency Al Kaabi holds a master's degree in Petroleum Economics Management from the French Institute of Petroleum (IFP) and a bachelor's degree in 2002 from Gonzaga University, USA.

• General Manager - RAKTA
• Certified Youth Leader - UAE
• Master’s in engineering management - UOWD
• Civil Engineer - AUS
• More than 10 international and local Rewards with RTA

• DGEP Dubai Government Excellence Program
• 4 General 4G
• EFQM Global Excellence Model
• ISO 9001 Quality Management System
• OSHAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System
• ISO 14001 Environment Management System
• ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management System
• ISO 31000 Risk Management System

His Excellency Munther Mohammed bin Shekar is the Director General of Ras Al Khaimah Municipality since 2014. Under his leadership, the Municipality has undergone an important transformation towards digitisation and smart services, has achieved higher integration of its departments and has expanded its scope into the field of energy sustainability. In order to ensure the most advanced municipal services to residents and businesses, Munther made significant steps towards strengthening and developing cooperation avenues with other leading entities in the government and the private sector.

Before joining the Municipality, Munther took senior management positions at Etisalat, Emirates Post and in the Office of the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah. His areas of responsibility in those positions included customer service, logistic operations and corporate communications respectively.

Munther is a graduate from the College of Literature, and believes in the principles of teamwork, creativity and continuous improvement.

Andrea Di Gregorio is the Executive Director at the Energy Efficiency and Renewables Office (Reem) of Ras Al Khaimah Municipality, UAE, with the mandate to support the development of the Emirate towards lower energy intensity and a higher share of renewables in the generation mix.

He has more than 20 years of experience in the energy sector in Europe and the Middle East, where he supported governments, oil & gas majors and leading utilities in the fields of strategy, operations improvement and energy efficiency.

Prior to joining Ras Al Khaimah Municipality, Andrea Di Gregorio supported the activation of the Dubai Demand Side Management strategy as a PMO Director at the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, UAE, and as a Director of Strategy and Continuous Improvement at TAQATI, UAE. Previously, he worked as a strategy consultant at Booz & Company and Oliver Wyman, and as a Business Unit Director at Bertelsmann.

He holds an MSc. summa cum laude in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and an MBA from SDA Bocconi, Milan.

Anthony is a graduate of Dublin City University and a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant in England and Wales.

He moved to the UAE in 1998 and has advised Governments and in particular Sovereign Wealth Funds on policy and operational matters in addition to serving a number of family groups and listed Companies.

He has a particular passion for Emiratisation and sustainability issues and led EY’s initiatives at COP28 where they were a strategic partner to the COP Presidency.

Chris joined RAK Gas in April 2022 to lead the Company's transformation into a broader Energy Company that creates sustainable value for its shareholders and the communities where it operates. RAK Gas is a state-owned entity with exploration and production interests in the UAE and East Africa. The Downstream Business provides energy to large businesses and is the leading gas supplier in the Emirate.

Chris also serves as the Chief Executive of the RAK Petroleum Authority, the Government entity that regulates the petroleum sector in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.

Chris has spent over 27 years bringing value to commodity and supply chain companies worldwide. As Managing Director, Chris successfully led the turnaround of the Uniper-owned refinery and trading business in the Middle East. Before Uniper, Chris worked for PetroChina International based in London, where he grew their Downstream Business. Chris spent ten years at INEOS, holding various senior commercial roles. He kicked off their LPG Project, restructured supply chains, and established their Energy Trading Business. Chris has also held commercial roles in P&O, Orica, Rio Tinto, and CS Energy.

As an accomplished Senior Manager, Chris has experience optimizing organizations, growing businesses, leading asset operations, structuring transactions, and managing Government & Investor relations. Before moving to Dubai, he worked in Switzerland, the UK, South Africa, and Australia.

Chris holds a Master of Business and Technology from the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Cornelius is a well-respected leader and investor in the renewable energy industry and built several successful clean energy businesses and start-ups within Middle East and Africa. He has extensive board level experience from 10 years in Deutsche Bank (among others, youngest board member in Deutsche Bank Italy Group) and several leading renewable energy organisations and associations via pro bono work as well as different startup companies.

By building the international shareholder and partner network of Dii (Desertec Industrial Initiative), he was at the forefront of the renewable energy revolution in North Africa and the Middle East. A keen entrepreneur and investor in emerging markets with recognitions such as “Solar Pioneer 2015” for the Middle East, he is lecturing at several universities including St. Gallen and is a regular speaker at international conferences. He holds an MBA (Dipl. Kaufmann) from University of Passau, and speaks German, English, Italian, French and Russian.

Ute Collier is Deputy Director of the Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre at the International Renewable Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi. She is responsible for IRENA’s work on policy, markets and finance for the energy transition. This covers policies and finance for scaling up end-use decarbonisation, green hydrogen, sustainable bioenergy, renewables in the power sector, as well as energy access. She also co-leads IRENA’s annual flagship publication, the World Energy Transitions Outlook. Prior to joining IRENA in May 2021, she was Head of Energy at Practical Action, leading the development organisation’s work on renewable energy solutions in energy access settings

Previously, she worked at the International Energy Agency and the UK’s Climate Change Committee, as well as a number of public sector and non-governmental organisations earlier in her career.