Maher Al-Wahaibi has been appointed Business Development Manager at Oman Institute for Energy (OIE), on secondment from Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). With more than 17 years of professional experience, he brings expertise across environmental engineering, tourism, petrochemicals and oil and gas.
His career spans engineering, project management and organisational learning, alongside leadership responsibilities in Oman and overseas. Prior to this appointment, Al-Wahaibi served as Learning Business Performance Lead and Head of Surface Learning at PDO. His professional background also includes waste management, environmental consultancy and operational learning..
Maher Al-Wahaibi business development appointment at OIE
Al-Wahaibi announced his appointment through LinkedIn, confirming that he would serve as Business Development Manager at OIE through a secondment from PDO. The position places him in a business development function after several years in learning, performance and engineering roles at PDO.
Before this appointment, he served as Learning Business Performance Lead at PDO from September 2025 to November 2026. He previously held the position of Head of Surface Learning from April 2021 to September 2025, managing operational learning requirements across engineering, operations and maintenance, information management and logistics.
His PDO career also included three years as Engineering Advisor, from April 2018 to April 2021.
Environmental engineering and waste management experience
Earlier in his career, Al-Wahaibi worked at Oman Environmental Services Holding Company, known as be’ah, for more than eight years. His responsibilities included waste management engineering, transfer station planning and integrated municipal solid waste sector planning.
As Waste Management Engineer, he was appointed focal point for transfer station projects. He prepared plans for 25 proposed transfer stations, including priorities, timelines, resource requirements and estimated costs. He also contributed to tender documentation for their design and construction.
His earlier professional experience includes working as an Environmental Engineer at ALSAFA Environmental & Technical Services and HMR Environmental Consultants. These roles involved environmental and social baseline assessments, site inspections, hazard prevention planning and development projects in Oman and overseas.
Academic background and professional recognition
Al-Wahaibi holds an MSc in Environmental Engineering and Project Management, with a focus on waste management, from the University of Leeds. He also studied engineering and waste management at Newcastle University and completed his BSc at Sultan Qaboos University.
His academic and research performance earned him the Occidental Oman Student Award, Taleem, which recognises candidates identified as potential future leaders in Oman’s energy sector. He has also received accreditation from the World Intellectual Property Organisation, with exposure to areas including copyrights, trademarks, unfair competition and industrial design.
