SVP - Project Management, Engineering and Services Function, TA'ZIZ

Abdulla Al Shaiba is Senior Vice President of Project Management, Engineering and Services at TA’ZIZ, where he leads delivery of the UAE’s first chemical derivatives park a US$8 billion program comprising multiple chemical plants and shared infrastructures. He has 20+ years of progressive leadership across ADNOC Group and major joint ventures, with a track record spanning capital program governance, engineering standards, and JV regulatory frameworks.

Prior to TA’ZIZ, Abdulla held Vice President roles within ADNOC’s Group Projects and Engineering function, where he co-designed and implemented the Group Value Assurance Process (GVAP) and authored ADNOC’s first Unified Engineering Technical Standards frameworks that remain in use across upstream, midstream, and downstream companies. He also served as founding VP of Projects and Engineering at Al Yasat Petroleum, an ADNOC/CNPC joint venture, building the function from inception and delivering the Bu Haseer Early Production Scheme to first oil in record time.

Abdulla is a Chartered Chemical Engineer from the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Chartered Engineer from the Engineering Council UK, an MBA with Honors from UAE University, and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Khalifa University (formerly The Petroleum Institute), Abu Dhabi. He is a UAE National and is based in Abu Dhabi.