Ibrahim Ibrahim (economist)

Dr. Ibrahim Ibrahim
الدكتور إبراهيم إبراهيم
Nationality Qatari
Occupation Economic Advisor to H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and executive member of the Supreme Committee for Development Planning

Dr. Ibrahim Ibrahim (Arabic: الدكتور إبراهيم إبراهيم) was the former Secretary General for the General Secretariat for Development Planning (GSDP). He was the Secretary General from 2006 until June 2011. He became an Economic Advisor to Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, in 1988.

Role in QNV2030

He was aleader in the development of the Qatar National Vision 2030[1][2] project.

Other positions

Ibrahim has worked in the oil and gas industry. He is the Vice Chairman of the Board of RasGas Company Limited and Chairman of the Marketing Committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Qatar Petroleum (QP), Qatar Gas and Industries Qatar[3] a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Qatar Petroleum International and Industrial Bank and member of the Board of Qatar Central Bank.

Previous occupation

Ibrahim was an Associate Professor of Business, Economics and Quantitative methods at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, United States from 1970–1978, Director of the Economic Department of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, Kuwait from 1979–1986, and a Senior Economist at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, England from 1986-1988.

Awards

In 2009, Ibrahim was honoured with the ‘Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Visionary Award’[4] at a special ceremony held at the CWC World LNG Summit in Barcelona, Spain.

Education

Ibrahim holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from New York University in 1969.

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