Fawad Quraishi holds a degree in Mathematics and Physics from Trinity College, University of Toronto (Canada).
He entered the Canadian diplomatic service in 1987 and served at embassies in Moscow (1989-1990, 1995-1997), Almaty (1992) and Tehran (1992-1995). He joined ABN AMRO Bank in Amsterdam in 1997 and worked on project and corporate finance transactions for clients in Azerbaijan, and oil and gas advisory assignments for Australian clients active in Iran and Pakistan.
In 1999, Mr Quraishi joined McKinsey & Co as a management consultant in Toronto. He was a team member on corporate finance and strategy engagements in power generation, telecommunications and insurance sectors in Canada, Brazil and the United States.
He joined Equinor (then Statoil) in 2002 and has worked in business development and executive management roles in the global exploration and development/production businesses. He was appointed Vice President in charge of Equinor’s global exploration business development group 2011-2015. He has negotiated upstream and gas downstream partnerships in Iran, Kazakhstan and Russia, including the Strategic Co-operation Agreement between Equinor and Rosneft (2012). On 1 January 2016, Mr. Quraishi, was appointed Vice President (Exploration) in charge of Equinor’s joint venture projects with Rosneft in Russia.
He served as Equinor’s Country Manager in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan from 2017 to September this year and oversaw the creation of two joint ventures with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and the drilling of Equinor’s first operated exploration well in the Caspian Sea, which resulted in an oil discovery.
As of October 2021, Mr. Quraishi has returned to Moscow as Deputy Country Manager for Russia and Vice President of Safety, Security and Sustainability for Russia and Azerbaijan. Mr. Quraishi speaks English, French, Urdu, Russian and Persian. He has a working knowledge of Norwegian, Dutch and Italian. He is married with three children and a granddaughter.
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