The Middle East’s

1. Jasim Husain Thabet

Company: TAQA Group
Designation: Group CEO & Managing Director
Established: 2005
Headquarters: U.A.E.

The TAQA Group reduced its aggregate scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 19% in 2024, compared to the 2019 base year, targeting a 25% reduction by 2030. TAQA undertakes renewable energy projects through its 43% shareholding in Masdar. In October 2024, TAQA issued an $850 million green bond, bringing its total green bond issuances to $1.85 billion. In November 2024, the group, alongside JERA and Al Bawani Capital, entered into two 25-year-long power purchase agreements with the Saudi Power Procurement Company to develop two new 3.6 gigawatt greenfield combined cycle gas turbine power projects in Saudi Arabia. Thabet assumed his current role at the TAQA Group in 2020.