We are excited to present His Excellency Haitham Al-Ghais' first detailed interview since his election as OPEC's next Secretary General in January 2022. 

His Excellency is a veteran of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and brings over three decades of global oil and gas industry experience. He has held several positions in key OPEC and OPEC+ bodies and committees, including as Kuwait’s OPEC governor from 2017 to 2021 and the inaugural chairman of the OPEC+ Joint Technical Committee in 2017. 

As he gets ready to take office in August 2022, Director of Research Amrita Sen and Head of Geopolitics Richard Bronze ask His Excellency Al-Ghais about his new responsibilities and his objectives, including the future of OPEC+ beyond the end of this year. 

They dive deeper into the challenges that OPEC and OPEC+ will have to navigate, including the impact of the energy transition on markets, relations with oil consumers and maintaining consensus among producers.