Ahmed Darandari has over 14 years of experience in project management for petrochemical and petroleum refining projects. He currently works as a Senior Strategic Planning Engineer at SABIC, where he is responsible for developing long and short-term plans, resource requirements, efficiency benchmarks, and market forecasts. Previously, he worked at Saudi Aramco ExxonMobil (SAMREF) and Saudi Aramco ExxonMobil (PETROLUBE) in various engineering and management roles over a period of 10 years. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from King Abdulaziz University.