Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Appointed: 2008
Background: Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani is an experienced oil and gas executive and serves concurrently as Chairman of the Board of Directors of DNO International ASA, a Norwegian listed oil and gas company active primarily in the Middle East and also as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Foxtrot International, LDC, a privately-held Franco-American oil and gas company active in West Africa. He was founder and first chief executive of Houston-based Apache International, Inc.
In addition to his industry positions, Mr. Mossavar-Rahmani is a Director of the Persepolis Foundation and serves as a member of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government Visiting Committee and on the Board of Trustees of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has published more than ten books and dozens of articles on global energy markets and was decorated Commandeur de l’Ordre National de la Côte d’Ivoire for services to the energy sector of that country.
Education: Princeton University (AB) and Harvard University (MPA).