Majid Jafar

Majid Jafar is the CEO of Crescent Petroleum, the Middle East’s oldest private oil and gas company, and vice chairman of the Crescent Group of companies, which includes interests in port management, logistics, venture capital, private equity, and real estate. He is also managing director of the board of Dana Gas, the leading publicly listed natural gas company in the Middle East, in which Crescent is the largest shareholder. His previous experience was with Shell International’s Exploration & Production and Gas & Power divisions.  

Jafar is an advocate of responsible energy and sustainable development and serves on the Energy Business Council of the International Energy Agency, the advisory board of the Responsible Energy Forum, the stewardship board of the Global System on Energy at the World Economic Forum, and the board of trustees of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development.

Jafar also promotes education and youth employment and is a board member of the Queen Rania Foundation and the Kalimat Foundation for Children’s Empowerment as well as a founding patron of the King’s Trust International. He also serves on the panel of senior advisors of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, the international advisory board of The Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, and the board of fellows of Harvard Medical School. He is a member of the GCC Board Directors Institute and the Young Presidents’ Organization, is an accredited director of the Institute of Directors, and has been named a young global leader by the World Economic Forum.  

Jafar attended Eton College and graduated from Cambridge University with a bachelor’s and a master’s in engineering. He also holds an MA (with distinction) in international studies and diplomacy from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, an MBA (with distinction) from the Harvard Business School, and an executive certificate in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.