Martin Slater Executive Managing Director, TAPCO

Martin Slater is a Mechanical Engineer who joined TAPCO in May 2005 as the Technical Director managing the design, construction and commissioning of the New B Extension on behalf of the Project Company.  In April 2009 Mr. Slater became the Executive Managing Director of TAPCO.  Prior to joining TAPCO previous company experience included 16 years with ALSTOM Power, primarily in the UK with Senior Engineer and Managerial roles in departments including Tendering, Functional Design Groups and Project Engineering Management.

Martin Slater holds a Batchelor of Engineering Degree

Omar Abughazaleh Chief Financial Officer, TAPCO

Omar Abughazaleh is responsible for managing the Finance function within the Company including monitoring the Company’s financial performance and ensuring that the Company’s policies and procedures comply with the financial, legal and regulatory requirements.

Omar was an Audit Manager with Ernst & Young where he provided various assurance and advisory business services to clients in Utilities, Oil and Gas, and Construction. Omar was also involved in Business Community Training where he was one of the approved instructors for various training courses in accounting and auditing.

Omar holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with major in Accounting from Oklahoma State University. Omar is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the United States of America.

Tauseef H. Farooqi Commercial Director, TAPCO

Mr. Tauseef is an Electrical Engineer and an MBA with over 16 years experience in the Power Sector.  Mr. Tauseef has served with UAE’s first and the third IWPP i.e. Emirates CMS Power Company and Shuweihat CMS International Power Company as Commercial Manager. After successfully spearheading the Commercial activities in these Plants, Mr. Tauseef joined TAPCO. Before coming to UAE, Mr. Tauseef has served in the Technical, Finance and Commercial Departments of Water and Power Development Authority of Pakistan (WAPDA), and also headed the Commercial Department of Pakistan’s biggest Power Plant known as Kot Addu Power Plant, a 1500 MW Combined Cycle Plant.

D.S.V. Prasad Managing Director/Plant General Manager, AGPSCO

D.S.V. Prasad is the Managing Director/Plant General Manager of Asia Gulf Power Services Company which has the responsibility to operate and maintain Taweelah B Power and Desalination Plant.  He has over 30 years of experience in the management, operation and maintenance of Power generating and water producing plants. 

Prior to assuming his present position, Mr. Prasad was the Plant General Manager of Taweelah A2 Power and desalination Plant. This is a 770 MW combined cycle Plant, jointly owned by Marubeni and JGC (40%) and Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (60%).  Operating company (TA2OC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the private owning company. 

Mr. Prasad has a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Andhra University, A.P, India.

Loh Lim Huat Deputy Managing Director, AGPSCO

Mr. Loh is a Professional Mechanical Engineer and Fellow of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (FIEM) with over 20 years experience in the power sector and joins AGPS from Powertek Berhad where he was previously employed as a Senior Manager (Operations) of a combined cycle power plant in Malaysia.  Ir. Loh has extensive experience in Operations and Maintenance of power plant and has worked in various positions of multi-fuel conventional thermal and combined cycle power plants, including the 500 MW Bayernwerk Kraftwerk, Schwandorf in Germany and 2,420 MW Kapar Power Station in Malaysia.  He has also experience in various business development activities. Previously, Mr. Loh has also worked for Tenaga Nasional Berhad and TÜV Suddeutschland Group. Ir. Loh is also a fully qualified competent Steam Engineer and Internal Combustion Engineer.