Hisham Khatib

Hisham Khatib has 45 years of experience in energy and the electricity supply industry as an engineer and economist. In the 1980s, he was Director General and later Chairman of the Jordan Electricity Authority. For many years he was Minister of Energy as well as Minister of Planning in the Government of Jordan. He is presently Vice Chairman of Jordan Electricity Regulatory Commission and is a past Vice Chairman of the World Energy Council (WEC). He has authored around 100 engineering/economic...See more

Hisham Khatib has 45 years of experience in energy and the electricity supply industry as an engineer and economist. In the 1980s, he was Director General and later Chairman of the Jordan Electricity Authority. For many years he was Minister of Energy as well as Minister of Planning in the Government of Jordan. He is presently Vice Chairman of Jordan Electricity Regulatory Commission and is a past Vice Chairman of the World Energy Council (WEC). He has authored around 100 engineering/economic articles and two books on the economics of the electricity supply industry. He is well known for his international activities on global energy, electrical power and their environmental impact, and is a Fellow of both the IET and the IEEE. See less