GDF Suez has appointed Yaqoub Harbi Salem Al-Harthi as the very first Omani CEO of a company-related power asset.
Al-Harthi is leading the Al Kamil Power Company, an independent power generation company established to build, own and operate the 277-megawatt power plant, located approximately 25 km north-west of Al Kamil, in the central Sharqiya region of Oman.
Mr. Yaqoub Al-Harthi began his career as trainee engineer in the Oman National Electricity Company at the Rusail Power Plant. He has been associated with the operations and management of various power plants of GDF Suez for over 12 years. He was appointed general manager of Al Kamil Construction and Services LLC in early 2014.
He obtained a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sultan Qaboos University in 2008
About GDF Suez in Oman
GDF Suez, the French company responsible for energy activities in 70 countries across the world, is a long-term investor under the Public-Private Partnership model through its interests in two power and water desalination plants (Barka 2 and Sohar 1) and four power production plants (Al Rusail, Al Kamil, Barka 3 and Sohar 2). The Group also has a 70 per cent holding in Suez-Tractebel Operations and Maintenance Oman LLC (STOMO), Oman’s largest provider of operation and maintenance services in the energy sector.