Dany Rahal is an accomplished energy executive with more than 25 years of experience bridging technology, operations, and business strategy. Effective January 2026, he assumes the role of Managing Director for SLB in the United Arab Emirates, where he leads strategic direction, operational performance, and stakeholder engagement in one of the company’s most critical markets.
Since joining SLB in 2000, Dany has held pivotal leadership roles across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. His career is defined by his contribution to the industry's digital transformation, notably driving the global deployment of the INTERSECT reservoir simulator and the Delfi cloud platform. Most recently, he served as Vice President Digital for the Middle East and North Africa region, based in Dubai.
Dany combines technical, management and commercial expertise, holding a postgraduate engineering degree from ESIB Beirut and dual master’s degrees: one in Cybersecurity from Telecom ParisTech, and another in Oil & Gas Management from Heriot-Watt University.