PHOTO
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia, July 26 (Reuters) - State-run oil firm Saudi Aramco has named Ibrahim al-Buainain as chief executive officer of its trading arm, it said in an emailed statement on Tuesday in response to a Reuters query.
It said Buainain started his new role earlier this month.
Buainain had held the position of head of transaction development at Saudi Aramco for less than a year, according to his Linkedin profile.
Prior to that, he was president of Aramco Asia.
Buainain replaces Yasser Mufti, who was named executive director of new business development in June.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N18T2E0
(Reporting by Florence Tan and Reem Shamseddine in Khobar, Saudi Arabia; Editing by Mark Potter) ((Reem.Shamseddine@thomsonreuters.com; +966503335202; Reuters Messaging: reem.shamseddine.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
It said Buainain started his new role earlier this month.
Buainain had held the position of head of transaction development at Saudi Aramco for less than a year, according to his Linkedin profile.
Prior to that, he was president of Aramco Asia.
Buainain replaces Yasser Mufti, who was named executive director of new business development in June.
(Reporting by Florence Tan and Reem Shamseddine in Khobar, Saudi Arabia; Editing by Mark Potter) ((Reem.Shamseddine@thomsonreuters.com; +966503335202; Reuters Messaging: reem.shamseddine.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
