The Board of Directors of K-Electric Limited has elected Riyadh S. A. A. Edrees as the new Chairman of the Company with effect from April 09, 2020, at its recent meeting.

According to KE, Edrees has nearly twenty-five years of experience across the fields of Construction, Finance, Oil & Gas and Telecommunications and Academics.

Initially, he joined the KE Board in November 2005 at the time of privatization of the Company and acted as a Board member till May 2009.

Edrees rejoined KE Board in July last year. He is also Chairman of Meezan Bank Limited - Pakistan, Chairman and Managing Director of Ikarus Petroleum Industries Company and is a member of the Board at a number of other companies. He also serves as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer - National Industries Group Holding, Kuwait. Riyadh holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Newcastle and an MSc in Chemical Engineering from Kuwait University.