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: UAE
Free Zones Newsletter - Issue
65 - August 2008 |
| Who's
Who? |
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Hamid D. Jafar
Chairman and sole owner of the Crescent Petroleum Group of Companies |
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Mr. Hamid Dhiya Jafar is the Chairman & CEO of the Crescent Petroleum Group of Companies, headquartered in Sharjah, UAE. He is also the Executive Chairman of Dana Gas PJSC. Aside from his core business in oil and gas, he has a variety of international and commercial interests including container shipping, terminal operations, trucking, various other industrial undertakings, private equity and real estate. Mr. Jafar is the Chairman of Gulftainer Ltd. and a Director of the URUK Group. He is the founder of the UAE Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization and the World Presidents Organization, and is also a member of the International Chief Executives Organization.
Mr. Jafar has also promoted important projects in higher education at Cambridge University, and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the American University of Sharjah. He is also an active supporter of many charities, particularly those in aid of handicapped children and cancer patients.
Mr. Jafar was born in 1947. He attended St. Paul's school in London and subsequently studied and graduated from Cambridge University (UK) where he obtained his Bachelor's Engineering Degree as well as post-graduate studies in Thermodynamics & Fluid Flow in1967, followed by a Masters Degree. |
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Courtesy Abraaj Capital
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