Success in complex markets comes from commitment, not from distance. If you are not willing to be there, someone else will be.

commitmentenergyFinancial Times Interview, 2014

You can come from anywhere and build something in Britain. The system is not perfect, but it is more open than people think.

entrepreneurshipimmigrationLondon Business School Event, 2012

Syria gave me my values. Britain gave me the platform. The Middle East gave me the market. I needed all three.

businessidentityAsfari Foundation Annual Report, 2017

Energy is not just a commodity. It is civilization. Every barrel extracted builds a hospital or a school somewhere.

developmentenergyPetrofac Investor Day, 2016

The Arab world does not lack talent. It lacks systems that trust and empower that talent. That is what education reform must fix.

arab-worldeducationAsfari Foundation, Oxford Conference, 2019