Salih Merghani

Salih Merghani is the Chief Operating Officer of Olayan Saudi Hooding Company. Mr. Merghani is also a Board Director of several privately owned JV companies working in the Middle East. Mr. Merghani joined Olayan Saudi Hooding Company in 2017 after having spent 16 years in the field operations in the oil and gas industry with Schlumberger, majority of it working in East Africa, GCC Countries and Latin America. During his time with Schlumberger, Mr. Merghani held many positions mostly in sales and operations, such as VP and Geo-Market Manager for oilfield services for Brazil and Uruguay, Acting Vice President and Geo-Market Manager for oilfield services in Saudi Arabia, General Manager for Wireline in Saudi Arabia & Bahrain, General Manager for Wireline in the United Arab Emirates, and Sales & Marketing Manager for GCC countries.

Mr. Merghani started his career in the industry in 2000 as Pipeline Engineer for Sudan Petroleum Company and subsequently joined Schlumberger as a Wireline Field Engineer moving across multiple countries in East Africa and the Middle East. Mr. Merghani graduated from the University of Khartoum with first class bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering