Habes Alshammari has been the chief operating officer at the Methanol Chemicals Co. since September. Prior to that, he worked on a specialized project in military industries. He was the general manager for military explosives at the Saudi Chemical Co. from September last year until taking up his current position. From January 2020, he was managing director at ANBA Gulf, senior vice president at Nama petrochemicals from May 2019, and turnaround manager at Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Co. from April 2018. He has worked abroad in countries including Spain, Singapore, and South Korea and believes strongly in working cultures that foster diversity and the inclusivity of employees and their involvement in collaborative teams. Through the employment of a range of talents, businesses could explore opportunities for innovation and growth, he said. Alshammari has had 36 years’ experience in areas including new plant detail engineering, construction, commissioning, startups, overseeing water, power, oil refining, and petrochemical plant operations, process improvement, developing operating procedures, and planning and executing refinery and petrochemical turnaround. As well as leading commissioning activities, he has been responsible for developing training programs, preparing operating and strategic business plans, setting policies and procedures governing plant operation and safety, and managing and leading a corporate team addressing the readiness of plant for operation and production. In addition, Alshammari is a specialist in switching plans, procedures distribution, isolation, de-isolation, maintenance coordination, work permit systems, calculations, risk assessment, job safety analysis, and the preparation of five-year production forecasts.