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Dr. Mohammed Al Barwani is founder and Chairman of MB Holding group of companies. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Science from Miami University, USA & was awarded a Master’s Degree and PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Herriot-Watt University, UK.
MB Holding is the parent company of a number of companies with wide-ranging interests in oilfield services, oil and gas exploration & production, mining, marine and engineering services. MB Holding also has investments in financial services and in hotels and resort development. The MB Group has operations in more than 20 countries and employs more than 4,000 employees.
Dr. Barwani is a non-executive Director of a number of publicly traded and joint-stock companies, Al Madina Insurance co. SAOG, Al Madina Investments SAOG (Muscat Stock Market), Nautilus Minerals Inc (Toronto Stock Exchange). Dr. Barwani owns luxury yacht making company Oceanco in Netherlands & Turquoise in Turkey. Dr. Barwani was formerly a non-executive director of Oman Air, National Bank of Oman, Shell Oman Marketing Company and Taageer Leasing Company, Oman.
He is also a member of the Sea-keepers International, a group dedicated to the protection of the Ocean’s eco-systems and its environment.
Dr. Barwani was felicitated with a Life Time Achievement award by the Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal magazine (2008) and selected by Ernst & Young as a Global Entrepreneur representing Oman in 2012. He was conferred “COMMANDEUR” IN DE ORDE VAN ORANGE-NASSAU by Her Majesty the Queen of The Netherlands in January 2012. He was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in March 2014.