Dr. Amer Awadh Al Rawas

Dr. Rawas is the CEO of Tasneea Oil & Gas Technology Group. Prior to his current post, he served as the CEO of OmanTel and earlier was the Managing Director of Oman Mobile.

Dr. Rawas served in various academic and leadership positions at the Sultan Qaboos University, the flagship university in Oman. His last assignment was the Dean of Educational Services. Earlier to that he was the Director of the Center for Information System where he led the transformation of the role of ICT in the university.

Dr. Amer Al Rawas is the current Chairman of Middle East Leadership Academy, a non-government leadership community serving the whole of Middle East providing leadership, training, networking, and inspiring the young leaders across the Middle East.

Dr. Rawas is still serving in various leadership, educational and technological policy forums in the Sultanate and the region, these include:

• Member of the Higher Education Council.

• Vice-Chairman of Oman Society for Petroleum Services.

Dr. Rawas holds a PhD in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from the Sussex University, UK, 1997. Although his area of specialization is Software Engineering, his research has expended in scope to cover the role of ICT in Economic Development, Socioeconomic and Demographic Drivers for Economic Growth