Majid Mufti is chief investment officer of Saudi Arabia state-owned Saudi Aramco’s corporate venturing programme. Before the launch of Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Mufti was based in Hong Kong as a joint venture manager handling Aramco’s downstream investments in China.

He started his career as a physical products trader in Asia and a process engineer at a Shell joint venture refinery. Mufti has a chemical engineering degree from Northeastern University and a master’s degree in finance from NYU Stern.