Hanan Balalaa

Chairperson of the Board

Hanan Balalaa serves as the Vice President of downstream marketing and trading in Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Balalaa was elected to Fapco’s board of Directors in October 2020 bringing 15 years of experience in the energy sector domestically and internationally. Prior to her role in TAQA, Hanan worked in Mubadala Petroleum where she was looking after the Caspian region and Mubadala projects with the Russian Federation. Hanan’s experience also includes upstream oil and gas, economics, strategy and geophysics. Balalaa holds a bachelor of Science in Geoscience from the University of Iowa and an EMBA from Zayed University.

Mohammed Karam Jassim

Vice Chairperson of the board

Mohammed serves as TAQA’s Head of Projects and Operations for the UAE and GCC in the company’s power and water asset management division, a role which he has held since 2017.

Prior to joining TAQA, Mohammed served as Operations Manager at Taweelah A2 from 2014 to 2017. He has more than 15 years of rich experience in modern thermal power plants.

Mohammed serves on the board of several IWPPs in the UAE, coordinating with various power and desalination operations to ensure best practices. He has intensive experience in plant maintenance and operations and sound knowledge of gas turbine technologies.

He started his professional career in the power industry in Emirates CMS Power Company, the first IWPP in Abu Dhabi.

Mohammed holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Al Ghurair University in the UAE.

Abdulla Al Ali

Member of the board of directors

Abdulla Al Ali serves as Head of Portfolio Development in Generation at TAQA, a role he has held since March 2020. Mr. Abdulla who was elected to FAPCO’s Board of Directors in October 2020, brings more than 11 years of experience in the development and management of regional and international projects in the utilities industry. Prior to his role at TAQA, he served as Acting Vice President of Regional Business Development of Tabreed where he was responsible for leading regional business development department to expand in new markets and geographies. He worked as well in Mubadala Investment Company for 7 years in Business Development and Asset Management of several key investments in Automotive, Metals and Mining, and Utilities businesses. Abdulla holds Bachelor in Biomedical Engineering with Distinction from HCT and completed CFA level

Hanan Al Hadhrami

Member of the board of directors

Hanan Al Hadhrami serves as Senior Manager in the asset management department which oversees the renewable projects and currently is working on key strategic projects related to the energy sector. Hanan started her career in EMAL as an internal auditor for 1 year then she moved to Abu Dhabi National Energy Company – TAQA for 6 years followed by joining Abu Dhabi Power Corporation and came back to Taqa following the share transfer. Hanan serves as a board member of power plants owned by TAQA. Hanan holds bachelor degree in finance from Zayed University.

Carlos Alcazar

Member of the board of directors

Carlos Alcazar serves as Regional Director for Middle East and Africa for Marubeni Power Asset Management based in Abu Dhabi, Carlos who was elected to FAPCO’s Board of Directors in June 2019, brings more than 25 years of experience in the power industry having worked in both merchant as well as in contracted environments . Prior to his actual role within Marubeni he served as General Manager of Generation in Switzerland for Alstom Power where he was responsible for a global fleet of CCGT plants around the globe. He worked in consultancy and construction of different power generation technologies moving later to operational roles in facilities in Europe, Africa, Asia and Middle East being Plant Manager and General Manager in different facilities. Alcazar holds a Master Degree in Electrical Engineering by Polytechnic University in Madrid and a Master Degree in Business and Administration by IE Business School.

Luciano Guffanti

Member of the board of directors

Luciano Guffanti serves as Head of Asset Management of UAE & Oman at Engie Middle East, a role he has held since 2019. Luciano, who was elected to FAPCO’s Board of Directors in December 2019, brings more than 20 of experience in industries like power generation and gas distribution within Engie. Prior to his current role, he served within Engie as Finance Manager of O&M Division and before as Head of Planning and Business Control in Engie Chile. Luciano holds a Master degree in Finance from the National University of Rosario, Argentina.