Adnan Shihab-Eldin

Adnan Shihab-Eldin
Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin in 2015
Born (1943-11-01) 1 November 1943
OccupationsPhysicist, Energy Economist, Academic
Known forDirector General of KFAS, Acting Secretary General of OPEC

Adnan Shihab-Eldin (born 1 November 1943) is a Kuwaiti physicist, energy economist, and academic. He is currently a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) and a founding board member of the Kearney Energy Transition Institute in the Netherlands.

He served as Director General and board member of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) from 2007 to 2021. From 2001 to 2006, he was Director of Research and Acting Secretary General at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).