Harvard Business School

Stanford University

The University of Texas at Austin

Managing Director at Carzaty

X-NOOR develops solar projects for commercial and industrial clients in the GCC region enabling cost savings and decarbonization.

X-NOOR

Head of Business Development

One League

Global Mentorship Board Member

Kavak.com

Co-CEO, Kavak GCC

[Acquired by Kavak] Carzaty is the region’s fastest growing quality-driven automotive brand. With backgrounds from the likes of Harvard, Stanford and McKinsey, our founders have come together to forever transform the experience of buying and selling a car in the GCC. Our mission is to do this by dismantling all preconceptions about the archaic auto industry by leveraging the power of technology. Our obsession with transparency and quality has already created a unique brand for Carzaty in a very short time. We are all geared up to move forward into a future where the car buying or selling journey is trustworthy, convenient and meaningful.

Managing Director & Co-founder, Carzaty

I recruited and lead the GCC Project Development team. We originated, designed, and built solar thermal steam projects for enhanced oil production. My team secured the Miraah project, at the time the world's largest solar project, the Amal II next generation technology pilot, and the Mukhaizna project, which included development funding from Oman's sovereign wealth fund and an off-take agreement from Oxy Oman.

I published two techno-economic papers on solar thermal steam during this time.

GlassPoint Solar

Vice President of Project Development

During these years, I gathered experience in the energy industry working in a variety of functional roles. 

In the US, first, with DC Energy, part of small, proprietary, energy trading firm that invests in financial electricity contracts. Next, as a summer intern with Ausra (later sold to AREVA) working on GCC Market Entry. 

In the UAE, with Crescent Petroleum the region’s oldest private upstream oil and gas company. I worked in both Finance and Project Development roles in the UAE and Iraq. Next, I assembled the founding team and seed funding to launch FuGu Energy, an energy efficiency company focused on the built environment. Completed over a dozen energy audits in the UAE and Qatar. Lastly, with GE, I completed the 2 year post-MBA commercial leadership program, including a rotation in NYC working with the Global Power M&A team.

Marwan Chaar