Mr. Suchart brings nearly three decades of global refining experience across Asia and the United States, having held senior technical, operational, and leadership roles with ExxonMobil.
His career spans refinery operations, technical management, and executive leadership, with key assignments in Thailand, Singapore, and the United States, as well as Asia Pacific crude and supply optimization roles at both regional and corporate levels.
Most recently, Suchart served as Vice President at Fujian Refining and Petrochemical Company (FREP) in China, a joint venture between ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, and Sinopec.
He holds a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and is a certified Level II Chemical Engineer with the Thai Council of Engineers.
Effective January 1, 2026, Suchart joined SAMREF as Manufacturing Executive Vice President, reporting to SAMREF President & CEO.
Born in Spain, Fernando Vallina is a graduate of the
Autonomous University of Madrid, where he earned a
Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry. He also holds a
Master of Business Administration degree from Instituto de
Empresa in Spain.
Mr. Vallina joined ExxonMobil in 1987 in Spain and has held a
wide range of management positions in sales, marketing,
technology, planning and supply chain throughout the world,
including in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Mr. Vallina was based in Saudi Arabia from 2001 to 2002 as Senior Core Venture Coordinator.
Fernando also represented ExxonMobil in the Steering Committee that oversaw the Saudi
Elastomers Plant investment in Al Jubail in 2015 and 2016.
Fernando is currently Chairman ExxonMobil (China) Investment Co., Ltd. based in Beijing
since 2017, responsible for ExxonMobil activities in the People’s Republic of China. Effective
April 1, 2023 Mr. Vallina will become Chairman, CEO & President for ExxonMobil Saudi Arabia
Mr. Wim Roland Blokker is ExxonMobil Global Operations Vice President for the International portfolio, responsible for all Joint Ventures and ExxonMobil-operated refinery, chemicals and gas processing manufacturing plants across Europe, Middle East and Asia. Over a 28-year career with ExxonMobil, he has held senior manufacturing, planning and commercial leadership roles in the Netherlands, Belgium and the United States, including plant manager assignments at Mont Belvieu and Baytown. He holds a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Delft University in the Netherlands.
Stijn Vanderlocht is Controller for Europe, Africa & the Middle East at ExxonMobil Product Solutions, based in Brussels, where he leads financial stewardship, performance management and strategic decision support across the region. With more than 25 years at ExxonMobil spanning engineering, commercial and finance disciplines, he previously served as Chief Audit Executive for Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Leuven, Belgium.
Abdullah S. Al-Suwailem serves as the Senior Vice President of Western Region Manufacturing at Aramco, bringing more than three decades of leadership across the global refining and petrochemical industry. Mr. Al-Suwailem’s career spans over senior executive and board roles at several Aramco affiliates and joint ventures, including President & CEO of both SATORP and Petro Rabigh, Shareholder Representative for both PrefChem and JIGPC and General Manager of Jazan Refinery Complex. Mr. Al-Suwailem played a central role in negotiating and developing three landmark Aramco joint ventures — Petro Rabigh, SATORP and YASREF — and holds extensive experience in corporate governance and the leadership of publicly-listed companies. He [Mr. Al-Suwailem] earned his B.S. in Applied Chemical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
Mitib A. Al-Harbi is Vice President of Fuel Business Management at Saudi Aramco, where he oversees the company’s downstream joint ventures and affiliates worldwide. He previously served as President of Aramco Asia and as Representative Director of Aramco Korea, and earlier led Aramco’s Domestic Joint Ventures Management and Coordination. His international experience includes several leadership roles at Motiva Enterprises in the United States, where he was recognized with the Motiva CEO Award for Superior Excellence. He completed the Stanford Executive Program (SEP) at Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2025, and holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
Sulaiman M. Al Rubaian is the Manager for Facilities Planning Department, having been appointed to the role in mid-2020. He has been overseeing the development of long-term plans that focus on value creation, identification of cost-effective options for capital projects, and leading front-end planning and approvals of capital projects. In addition, Sulaiman serves as a Director on Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery (SAMREF) Board.
Sulaiman also held the role of Manager in Project Management from August 2016 and has developed a wealth of knowledge from being exposed to a variety of experiences over the last 20 years. This includes Refinery Operations from his experience at Ras Tanura Refinery, Capital Projects Planning and Optimization in Facilities Planning, and execution of Mega Projects during his leadership of the Mega Jazan Program Development.
Sulaiman joined Saudi Aramco in September 1996 and obtained a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology in July 2001.
Additionally, Sulaiman successfully completed in 2018 Stanford University’s flagship Executive Development Program, and the Saudi Aramco Management Development Seminar in 2019 in addition to other leadership programs.
Mr. Al-Sayouhi currently holds the position of Director, Finance Readiness & Compliance Department in Saudi Aramco, a strategic role that is tasked with ensuring Saudi Aramco ’s financial readiness and compliance for the potential upcoming IPO. In this role, Mr. Al-Sayouhi represents the Finance organization in all interactions, negotiations and discussions with the Government in relation to the Company’s IPO readiness, supports the Controller’s organization in the preparation and development of the Company’s annual and interim financial statements, leads the effort to enhance and accelerate the financial close process to meet regulatory requirements, coordinates the financial due diligence process and manages the team responsible for enhancing and developing FP&A tools and processes to manage the organization’s performance and improve the efficiency and quality of management reporting.
Mr. Al-Sayouhi comes with a wealth of experience in the Finance and Strategy fields – he started his career with Saudi Aramco as an accounting analyst in the Controllers organization and over the years he has broadened his experience and worked in a number of departments including Planning & Performance Management Department where he led the corporate business plan and accountability team, managed and coordinated the Company’s planning and budgeting process and provided analysis and advice to senior management on organizational performance and gaps. Mr. Al-Sayouhi has also gained valuable experience in the Strategy & Market Analysis organization where he participated in the development of the Company’s strategy, investment plan and the Kingdom’s energy outlooks. He was also a member of the Strategic Transformation Office of the Accelerated Transformation Program of Saudi Aramco.
Outside his notable achievements at Saudi Aramco, Mr. Al-Sayouhi was the Secretary of the Arabian Society for Human Resource Management (ASHRM) in 2007. He was also the Chairman of the Founding Committee of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Saudi Arabia, Eastern Province Chapter. Once the Chapter was established in 2011, he assumed the role of President for three consecutive terms and then nominated to be a Director at Large for another year. Due to his significant contributions to the IMA organization, he was awarded the Leadership Platinum badge (the highest level) from the IMA Leadership Academy.
Mr. Al-Sayouhi holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and HR Management from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MBA with concentration in Accountancy, Economics and Financial Markets from McCallum Graduate School of Business, Bentley University in Massachusetts. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA).
