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Omran Al-Kuwari is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center and the CEO of FORTA. He brings a wealth of international and cross-sector experience gained over many years, from business to climate tech to education and academia. Prior to joining FORTA, Al-Kuwari was CEO of Qatar Foundation International (QF), where he managed QF’s international activities and built strong and long-lasting cross-border partnerships, including key initiatives in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany.
Most recently, Al-Kuwari led QF’s climate-tech venture-building and investment project combining accelerator activities, partly in collaboration with Rolls-Royce, and venture capital funding in a new global hub in the UK and Qatar. Additionally, he is a published author, with his book “The Future of Liquified Natural Gas in a Decarbonising World,” released in January 2025.
With over twenty-five years of experience in energy, sustainability, and tech investment, Al-Kuwari has held several leadership positions, including in government and in various organizations such as Qatargas, ExxonMobil, and GreenGulf, one of the first clean tech businesses in the Middle East.
Al-Kuwari sits on the boards of many organizations, including FORTA portfolio companies, and is a member of Parkway Venture Capital’s advisory board and McKinsey & Co’s global sustainability advisory council. He holds a PhD from the Institute for Sustainable Resources at University College of London, where he is now also an honorary senior research fellow.