Kuwait Petroleum International appoints new CEO

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation appointed Nabeel Bourisli as the new CEO of its subsidiary Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI).

Bourisli replaces CEO Bakheet Al-Rashidi who has been appointed as Kuwait’s energy minister, a statement by Kuwait press agency KUNA said.

Bourisli was previously the managing director for international marketing at

KPI, known by its petroleum brand Q8, refines and markets fuel, lubricants and other petroleum derivatives and is the international subsidiary of KPC.

Bourisli has also served as the chairman and managing director of Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, and has been the director of Fuji Oil Company since July 2016.