Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance & Accountability

Accountability promotes engagement and ownership because everyone clearly knows what his or her responsibilities and expectations. It is business critical, as the concept enhances ethics, improved performance, standing by decisions, actions, and the overall well-being of the firm.

DAMORPHE is committed to driving sound corporate governance through accountability and has adopted policies that promote effective functioning of our Board of Directors, its committees, and our corporation. Board accountability is a key element of our strong corporate governance.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of DAMORPHE, its affiliates and its SBUs are elected by our shareholders to represent them in the oversight, insight and foresight of short and long-term goals, financial stability, and our overall success.

Given their expertise, we are highly honored that those highlighted herein, have mutually agreed and committed to serve as Directors in DAMORPHE or in one or more affiliates and SBUs.

Kamel BenNaceur

Kamel BenNaceur is the Chairman of DAMORPHE and an Executive Director of DAMORPHE, its affiliates and its SBUs. He is also the 2022 President of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). He was previously the Chief Economist for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC); the Director for Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks at the International Energy Agency (IEA), where his teams led the Agency’s Energy Technology Perspectives and the World Energy Outlook, as well as roadmaps for sustainable energy systems, ahead of the Paris Conference of Parties, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In 2014, BenNaceur was appointed as the honorable Minister for Industry, Energy and Mines of Tunisia, where he launched several initiatives to transform the sectors, including a long-term strategy, the reform of energy subsidies, and a new law for the country’s renewable energy sector. From 1981 to 2013, he held key positions with Schlumberger, including Chief Economist and Technology President.

Biography

Ting Roy

Ting Roy is an Executive Director of DAMORPHE, its affiliates and its SBUs. Roy is a former Research Affiliate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and among many other accolades has been a Emerging Leaders awardee from Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), a Young Scientist awardee from National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) and The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). She has over 50 publications, patents, proceedings, including invited talks at NACE, TMS American Chemical Society (ACS) and Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). She has led National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) – Baker Hughes joint project in Celle, Germany, to improve fatigue life of drill collars by surface SPD. Roy holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering.

Biography

Indranil Roy

Indranil Roy is an Executive Director of DAMORPHE, its affiliates and its SBUs. Roy is a “University of California, Regents Fellow” with a Ph.D. in Engineering focusing on design and processing of bulk nanomaterials. He also has an Executive MBA from Jones School of Business, Rice University. Roy has authored over 100 publications, proceedings and delivered numerous invited talks both nationally and internationally. He has over 80 patents/patent applications. He is the chairman of he Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) subcommittee for Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) and has served as one of ten industry advisors to TMS.

Biography

Najoua BenNaceur

Najoua BenNaceur is an Executive Director of DAMORPHE, its affiliates and its SBUs. She was previously a Senior Advisor to the Ministries of Health, and of the Women, Family and Youth in Tunisia. BenNaceur started her career as a financial analyst in Occidental in Tulsa, and Liquid Carbonics in Caracas. She became Assistant Professor of Finance at the American University of Dubai. She then held a senior management role in several non-profit organizations. In 2019, BenNaceur co-founded Nomadia Energy Consulting in Abu Dhabi. She holds a MBA from the University of Tulsa, and a BA in Business from IHEC in Tunisia.

Biography

Hifzi Ardic

Hifzi Ardic is an independent director of DAMORPHE Energy. He has spent more than three decades with the world’s largest oilfield service company, Schlumberger. Ardic is a decorated technology leader with brilliant accomplishments having advanced degrees in mechanical engineering and business from Columbia Business School. He will be a stalwart in establishing solid engineering fundamentals for our research and technology teams, instill focus and a drive to achieve milestones, guiding us to success.

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