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Hisham Al Riyami

Planning & Design General Manager - OETC

Power and energy engineer with an in-depth theoretical and practical experience in electrical field. Proven experiences and meeting targets and achievements in the electricity sector and regulated businesses for more than 15 years. Deriving capex investments related to electrical transmission projects and approved by the regulator for more than RO One Billion. Hisham joined OETC and working as System Studies Engineer in 2008. From 2013 till December 2015, holding the position of Strategic Planning & Studies Section Head. Since 2015, holding the position of Network Planning Department Manager under the Asset Management & Planning Department at OETC. Currently, Hisham is holding the position of General Manager of Planning and Design Department.

Hisham has published more than 60 technical papers in the power system in region and international conferences. He is Chairman Deputy of Grid Code Review Panel since 2018 and member in the Planning Committee of GCCIA since 2016.  He received the BSc. ENG in Power Systems and Energy from Sultan Qaboos University in 2008 and completed Master in Business Administration (MBA) at University of Bedfordshire in July 2020. Hisham is a Senior Member in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers  (IEEE) and a member in Cigre Committee.