Top CEOs In The Middle East
Rank: #30

Abdulnasser Bin Kalban

Sector: Industrials
Company: Emirates Global Aluminium
Designation:  CEO
Nationality: Emirati
Residence: U.A.E.

Under Bin Kalban’s leadership, EGA partnered with DEWA in January 2021 to produce aluminum using solar power, making the U.A.E. the first country in the world to produce aluminum this way. EGA is the largest premium aluminum producer in the world, with revenues of $5.6 billion in 2019. In 2020, EGA, Bee’ah, DP World and Masdar launched a coalition called the “Vital Industry COVID-19 Task Force” to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. Bin Kalban is a member of EGA’s Technical and Project Committee and its Finance and Commercial Committee. He also serves on the board of the International Aluminium Institute and the Gulf Aluminium Council.