The prince wished him success in his new post and commended the role played by Saudi Aramco in all spheres of the Kingdom’s development.

As executive director, Abubshait will oversee the company’s communications with the government, international and domestic media and the oil giant’s many community outreach activities including operation of the Saudi Aramco Exhibit in Dhahran.

The veteran executive brings more than two decades of hands-on experience with the company’s governmental and public affairs.

Abubshait joined Saudi Aramco in September 1970 in the first company Apprenticeship Program. In 1980, he started almost a decade of work and growth with Training and Career Development in Dhahran and Ras Tanura. He worked with Aramco Services Co. (ASC) as administrator of Career Development in Houston for five years.

In September 1989, after returning from his ASC assignment, he was named manager of the SAA-Central Province Department in Riyadh. In 1993, he moved to Dhahran and worked as manager of the SAA-Eastern Province Department. He has also served as acting manager of the Public Relations Department and acting general manager of Government Affairs.

In 1995, he was selected by Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Ali Al-Naimi to serve as the director general of his private office in Riyadh, and in 1997, Abubshait was promoted to general manager, special assignment. At the end of 1999, after completing his four-year assignment with the ministry, he returned to Saudi Aramco as general manager of Government Affairs. He has also served as acting executive director of Saudi Aramco Affairs on several occasions. His new responsibilities cover Government Affairs and Public Affairs.

Abubshait holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, in the United States, and an executive master of business administration degree from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran.