William Zhao

-- China country chair -- Managing director for upstream, domestic gas and LNG

-- Introducing cleaner and better chemicals process to China. -- Investments in European Chemicals and Energy sectors. -- Advisory services on industrial diversification and new energy sectors.

-- Coal power conversion to natural gas power -- Natural gas investments and trading -- Industrial thermal energy storage solutions -- Investments in new energy technologies -- Digitalization of energy industry(IOT) -- Building new energy platforms for next industrial evolution

Responsible for global strategy. Leading corporate strategy development. Business development and projects development. Strategic portfolio development and management. Lead for SABIC hydrocarbons (oil and gas), feedstocks and energy strategy development, mergers/acquisitions, business portfolio management and implementation internationally. Upstream oil and gas link to both energy and feedstocks. Conventional as well as unconventional sources. World energy scenarios. Leading corporate transformation.

• Evaluated transactions, including full due diligence and negotiated major oil and gas contracts, including Technical Services Agreements, Production Sharing and Joint Venture Agreements in MENA, Central Asia and Sub Saharan African countries. • Participated in major acquisitions of both upstream projects and equity shares in companies. • Negotiated participation in PSAs and Service Contracts • Negotiated and executed a joint venture in downstream crude trading.

Managed and advised renewable energy projects for East Africa. • Managed relationships between multilateral institution stakeholders. • Developed regional enterprise resources centers to aid local business and NGO managers in organizational development and market access. • Oversaw construction projects with over 300 local staff and international contractors.

• P&L responsibility for high-end workstations. • Managed worldwide high-end products for the Workstation Division with annual revenues of $1 billion from R&D development to product marketing. • Managed over 120 employees across various entities. • Negotiated with different departmental interests between marketing, manufacturing and finance. • Increased forecasting accuracy by 60%, resulting in more than $50 million in cost of sales savings.