International Conference & Exhibition on Spills, Clean Seas & Environment

THEME

Past Speakers


Welcome Address

Sami Al Sawagh

Manager – Marine Operations Group

Conference Chair, RECSO EnviroSpill 2025
Kuwait Oil Company

HOST ADDRESS

Ahmed Jaber Al Eidan

Chief Executive Officer

Kuwait Oil Company

Special Address

Meshari M. Alshaikhmubarak

Senior Vice President - Industrial Services

Aramco

Keynote Speakers


Eng. Ziyad Mohammad Al Shiha

Group CEO

SIRC

Speaker Profile

Eng. Ziyad Mohammad Al Shiha

Group CEO

SIRC

Engineer Ziyad Mohammed Al-Shiha was appointed as the CEO of the Saudi Investment Recycling Co. (SIRC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) in February 2021.

Al-Shiha is also a board member and Head of the Investment, Corporate Governance and Merger Committees for the National Petrochemical Company (Petchem), a Saudi joint-stock company. He also acted as the Deputy Chair for the 2020 B20 Trade & Investment Taskforce during the KSA leadership for the event.

He was the president and CEO of the Saudi Electricity Co. (SEC) from 2014 to 2018 and prior to that he was an SEC board member from 2012 to 2013. He held several positions at Saudi Aramco both inside the Kingdom and overseas. He was the VP for Strategic Planning and a Board Member of Petron, one of Saudi Aramco’s international joint ventures in the Philippines. He also headed the Public Relations Department and became the first spokesperson for Saudi Aramco and the director for facilities planning department before he was appointed as the Executive Director of Power Systems.

H.E. Dr. Mohammed Al Ahmad

Executive Secretary

ROPME

Speaker Profile

H. E. Dr. Jassem Al Beshara

Executive Secretary

ROPME

- Member of Kuwait Supreme Council of Environment , Currently.

- Former Director General of Kuwait EPA.

- Formar Director Genaral of Kuwait Petroleum Research & Studies Center

- Former Board member Of KOC andf PIC.

Dr. Vania De Stefani

CEO

OSRL

Model 3

Robert Limb

CEO

OSRL

After graduating in Chemical Engineering from the University of Exeter, Robert joined Dresser Atlas Houston in 1980, subsequently holding progressively senior positions in operations, sales and management roles globally. In 1994 he moved to Singapore as Vice President Asia Pacific. Following the acquisition of Western Atlas by Baker Hughes in 1998 Robert moved back to Houston as Vice President Global Operations and then Vice President Sales. In 2005, he left Baker Hughes, joined Vetco Aibel and became President of Aibel Holdings. In 2009 Robert left Aibel and joined Total Safety Inc. as Senior Vice President International Operations. In 2013 he was appointed CEO of Oil Spill Response Limited.

Vivek Seth

Senior VP - Marine Services

ADNOC Logistics & Services

Speaker Profile

Vivek Seth

Senior VP - Marine Services

ADNOC Logistics & Services

A Senior Marine Executive with over 32 years maritime experience in operational, commercial and C-suite roles, Mr. Seth has been with offshore for over 22 years and of which 17 years has been in Middle East. He is Senior Vice President, Marine Services, ADNOC Logistics and Services responsible for Marine Terminal operations and offshore Oil Spill response in all ADNOC facilities. From 2009-2014, he was CEO of Milaha Offshore, Qatar, where he successfully diversified the business. Prior to that for 5 years, Mr. Seth was Managing Director at Smit Lamnalco with P&L responsibility for 11 countries and he successfully doubled the business in 5 years. Mr. Seth has held various other senior management positions internationally in Svitzer (part of A.P Moller Maersk) and Tidewater Inc., USA and for over 10 years in technical / operations role in deep sea shipping. He possesses an MBA from Manchester Business School, UK and BE in Marine Engineering.

Prof. Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghaffar

President

AASTMT

Speaker Profile

Muhammad Saber

Global Oil Spill Response Director

Saudi Aramco

Muhammad A. Saber holds a B.Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Prior to assumption of his current position, Muhammad held various supervisory positions within Saudi Aramco. He worked for Saudi Aramco Refining, Maintenance, Planning, Corporate Engineering and Terminal organizations; at Jeddah, Ras Tanura and Tanajib, in addition to heading King AbduAllah Sports City Operations & Maintenance Division.

Muhammad is currently Saudi Aramco’s Global Oil Spill Response Director, based at Ras Tanura. He coordinates all activities of the different Company organizations relating to the prevention, preparedness and response to oil spills, including the development of Oil Spill Contingency Plans and ensuring readiness of response resources. His normal activities include: coordinating response and investigation efforts to oil spill incidents, coordinating and leading oil spill drills and exercises, pollution control equipment inspections, delivering of oil spill awareness presentations, etc. In addition, he represents the Company in all activities related oil spill response with other concerned Private and Government organizations.

Dr. Johan Grön

CEO

LAMOR

Speaker Profile

Dr. Johan Grön

CEO

LAMOR

With a first degree in Physics, Rob also holds a Masters Degree in Process Safety and Loss Prevention. Rob was Managing Director of an environmental technology spin off from a major nuclear corporation before moving into the waste management services sector, where he had some six years experience as the General Manager of a growing hazardous waste business.

Rob joined OSRL in 2003 and has been a key part of the rapid growth of its preparedness and response services. He was instrumental in establishing a rigorous approach to recruitment and putting in place new competence-based training programmes. He has overseen OSRL’s responses to major oil spills, such as the Tasman Spirit, Macondo and Bonga incidents.

As OSRL grew, Rob focussed on the delivery of Response services as Regional Director, EMEA until 2021, when he moved to the role of Commercial Director, taking responsibility for the management and development of our preparedness activities, and driving stakeholder engagement, communication and outreach activities.

Karen Lucas

Managing Director

Vikoma International

Speaker Profile

Mika Pirneskoski

Chief Executive Officer

LAMOR

Chief Executive Officer at Lamor. Mika has Master of Science (Economics) degree and joined Lamor in 2011. He is serving on the management team since 2018. Previous key positions include Head of Global Services and Head of Soil & Water Treatment solutions at Lamor. Before joining Lamor Mika has experience from the investment banking industry.

Juan Pena Ibanez

CEO & Co-Founder

Orbital EOS

Speaker Profile

Juan Pena Ibanez

CEO & Co-Founder

Orbital EOS

Juan Peña is a space-tech entrepreneur and CEO of Orbital EOS, a Spanish company developing maritime intelligence solutions based on Satellite Data & Artificial Intelligence. He holds a bachelor´s degree in Oceanography and a master´s degree in Remote Sensing & Data Analytics. His working experience includes 12 years of airborne remote sensing as Tactical Coordination Officer for the Spanish Maritime Safety & Rescue Agency (SASEMAR). Having been involved in real operations at sea, Juan believes Earth Observation has the capacity of revolutionizing the way we understand the maritime domain once we achieve the granularity of data this sector demands and transform that data into tangible information that is accessible, accurate and easy to use.

Plenary Speakers


Majed Kaki

Manager - Global Oil Spill Response

Aramco

Andy Myers

Response Director

OSRL

Capt. Aref Al Awadhi

Acting Director

MEMAC

Ali A. Shehab

Global Director - Special Projects & Services

DNV Maritime

Yacout Mohamed Abdelmoneim

Director

EMARSGA

Mark Shepherd

Environmental Response Director

Sureclean

Hatim Khalifa Al Owaid

VP - Emergency Response, Crisis Management & Business Continuity

ADNOC

Ahmed Al Babtain

Chief Technology Officer

SAIL

Miguel Moyano

Senior Advisor

ARPEL

Zäl Rustom

Head of Crisis Management & Consultancy

Sureclean

Technical Speakers


Eng. Hassan Marzooq

Chief of Environmental Compliance Section

Supreme Council for Environment

Dr. Martine M. Espeseth

Innovation Manager - Oil Service

KSAT

Andrew Menton

Business Development

RPS | A Tetra Tech Company

Richard Sims

Specialist – Environmental Protection

LAMOR

Rhys Jenkins

Middle East Regional Manager

OSRL

Alaa Nagi

Section Head - Port Operations Services Team (MOG)

KOC

Gamal Ali Mohamed Anwar Elashkar

Specialist - Training & Competency

ADNOC Logistics & Services

Eng. Sara Al Ramzi

Member

Kuwait Environment Protection Society

Capt. Zarir S Irani

Managing Director

Constellation Marine Services

Samah El Mohtar

Founder & CEO

Blue Desert | KAUST

Dr. Marwan Al Dimashki

Environmental Consultant

ROPME

Mahmoud Ismaeel

Specialist - Oil Spill Control (Planning OS & HNS)

ADNOC Logistics & Services

Dr. Wahid Moufaddal

Remote Sensing Expert

ROPME

Dr. Wejdan Ali Al Oqab

Chairman

Kuwait Environment Protection Society

Dr. Md Mamunur Rashid

Senior Public Relations Representative

Aramco

Vassilis Tsigourakos

Project Scientist / Project Manager

RPS | A Tetra Tech Company

Marwan Al Marzooqi

Engineer - Marine Operations

ADNOC Onshore

Yaseen Turkistani

Senior Marine Oil Spill Control Coordinator

Aramco

Enam Hussain

Head of Middle East Operations & Offshore

West of England Insurance Services

Majed A Saber

Regional Oil Spill Coordinator (AG)

Aramco

Pablo Benjumeda

COO & Cofounder

Orbital EOS

Mohammed Al Khaldi

Environmental Coordinator

Aramco

Paul Rayner

Sales Director

Vikoma International

A Hadi Al Attar

Senior Oil Spill Coordinator

Bapco Refining

Aysha Ahmed

Response Specialist

OSRL

Sahil Kochhar

Head of Presales

Miros Group

Mohamed Darwish

Senior Response Specialist

OSRL

Sabique Langodan

Environmental Scientist

Aramco

Eng. Yusuf Isa Bucheeri

Environmental Specialist

Supreme Council for Environment

Brian Johnston

Director of Business Development Environmental Monitoring

NORBIT Aptomar