UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF
HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH KHALED BIN MOHAMED BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN
CROWN PRINCE OF ABU DHABI AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ABU DHABI EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

تحت رعاية
سمو الشيخ خالد بن محمد بن زايد آل نهيان
ولي عهد أبوظبي رئيس المجلس التنفيذي لإمارة أبوظبي

Dr. Amro Elshurafa

Dr. Amro Elshurafa

Executive Director of the Utilities and Renewables Department
KAPSARC

Dr. Amro Elshurafa is the executive director of Utilities and Renewables at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is a senior energy and electricity advisor with 20+ years of experience garnered on three continents. Credited with 50+ papers and patents, he is listed among the top 2% of scientists globally as per the Stanford/Elsevier Ranking. He has led and executed several national modeling initiatives at the distributed- and utility-scales. Some aspects of his research have been adopted by BP in creating their seminal annual statistical review. He is also a board member of the Saudi Electricity Regulatory Authority. He holds a PhD in engineering and an MBA in finance.