Experience and Qualifications

Usama Barwani is a shareholder of MB Holding Co, a family-controlled conglomerate which operates across the Middle East, Europe, and Africa in Oil & Gas, Engineering, and Tourism. The Chief Executive Officer of Petrogas E&P, a privately held upstream producer with oil and gas assets in Oman, the Netherlands, and Egypt as well as the Managing director of Mawarid Mining, a copper mining producer based in Oman.
He is a Member of the Board of Bahrain based Arcapita Bank, a Bahrain based Islamic Merchant Bank and Private Equity Company, the Member of the Board of Directors Dutch based Oceanco Yachts which is one of the world’s leading super yacht builders and the Director of National Takaful Company PJSC, Watania. In addition, he is the Honorary council of Uganda in Oman

A member of YPO since 2009 as well a member of the board of the Oman Chapter, Mr. Barwani holds a BSc degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma and an MSc degree in Energy, Trade, and Finance from City University’s Cass Business School in London and a graduate of the ‘President Leadership program’ from Harvard Business School through the YPO Harvard Program.