Waleed Al-Hashash
Rubban Logistics Holding
Walid Khalid Al Hashash is the vice chairman and chief executive officer of Rubban Logistics Holding, part of the AREF Investment Group in Kuwait.
Prior to joining Rubban, Hashash spent 17 years working in the international commercial oil trade with the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), most recently as the deputy managing director of marketing. In that role, Hashash was responsible for crude oil sales, managing regional offices in the US and Japan, and holding a portfolio of approximately US$ 27 billion. In addition, Hashash was in charge of jet fuel, bunker & diesel sales and IT services, with three regional offices in Singapore, India & Pakistan and a portfolio of US$ 12 billion per year.
During his long KPC career, Hashash spent time in a variety of roles including sales manager for Naptha, gasoline and LPG, a manager in the London office responsible for KPI(Q8) trading activities, and a chartering analyst. Before joining KPC, Hashash spent five years as an electrical engineer for the Kuwait Municipality.
In addition to serving as a member of the MEGlobal board, Hashash serves on the Boards of the Nile River Transport Company and Higleig Contracting, both in Sudan, and AREF Energy in Kuwait. He is also Chairman of Gulf Africa Holding (GAH) in Kuwait.
Hashash is a Kuwaiti citizen and holds a bachelors degree in electrical engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, and a Masters in Industrial Engineering from the University of Miami both in the United States.