Ziad T. Al Murshed: an engineering route into financial leadership

Ziad T. Al Murshed became Aramco’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in May 2022. His career did not begin in a conventional finance track: he joined the company in 1991 and started in producing engineering.

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His subsequent responsibilities included refining, operations, corporate planning, strategic analysis and new business development. Aramco’s biography also records experience with joint ventures, acquisitions and divestitures. His education combines chemical engineering with an MBA from MIT Sloan.

That combination makes his career relevant to professionals moving between technical and commercial functions. Financial leadership in an industrial organization requires understanding the assets and operating choices behind the numbers. His documented progression offers a concrete example of how that understanding can be developed across assignments.

Source: Aramco · official page. Checked 16 October 2026. Image credit: Aramco.

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