Our Team

Sheikh Braik Musallam Al Amri joined the Board in March 2013. He has done master's in business administration from Northampton University UK, a Postgraduate Diploma from the University of Kent UK, a High National Diploma from the University of Salford UK, and a Diploma from Lloyds Maritime Academy UK. He has 23 years of management experience in varied senior positions. He had worked previously with the Port of Salalah for 11 years. He has a very good exposure to business and international practices, presently engaged with the financial services sector.

Al Busaidi joined the Board in March 2019. Presently he is working as General Manager of Ministry of Defense Pension Fund. He holds master's degree in finance & Economics from Southampton University in UK. For the past 28 years he has held many positions within Ministry of Defense in Treasury, Accounts and Contracts.

Mr. Soren Sjostrand Jakobsen joined the Board in January 2017. Soren was employed by APM Terminals/Maersk for more than 42 years before retiring at the end of 2022. However, he still represents APM Terminals on a number of boards in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. While in the APM Terminals/Maersk Group he held a number of senior positions including Regional Manager for Africa/Middle East, Regional Manager for Latin America and Head of Project implementation in the APM Terminals Head Quarter in The Netherlands.  Before APM Terminals sold their Russian activities in 2022, Soren was also responsible for, and Chairman of the Board of, Global Ports Investments which operate 8 terminals in Russia and Finland. Global Ports was stock listed on the London Stock Exchange. During his more than 42 years in the Maersk Group, Soren has worked with most of the Group's business units and spent about 25 years outside his native Denmark, including in postings in Belgium, USA, Netherlands, Panama and the UAE

Mr. Abdulmalik Al Balushi joined the Board in March 2022. His career spans 20+ years in multiple sectors in Oman - public, telecom, electricity, shipping, postal and logistics. This diverse experience includes more than 13 years in senior leadership roles which included managing multiple functions and was characterized by strong leadership, skillful communication, resourcefulness, high performance, and sustainable partnership. Currently he is the Group Chief People of Asyad Group SAOC. Prior to joining Asyad, he served as the CEO of Oman Post Company SAOC and prior to that worked in various roles with each of Oman Shipping Company SAOC (General Manager Support Services December 2012 - January 2016), Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) (Visiting Faculty January 2014 - May 2014), Oman Power & Water Procurement Company SAOC, The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and Muscat Municipality. Abdulmalik hold Master's Degree in Business Administration from Sultan Qaboos University and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from University of Arizona, AZ, USA. Abdulmalik is also a graduate of the National CEO Program - IMD, Switzerland.

Mr. Muhsin Alrustom joined the Board in March 2022. Muhsin Alrustom is the Group CFO at Asyad, the leading Omani integrated logistics provider in the Middle East region. With over 17 years of experience in the logistics and maritime sectors, Muhsin is an established finance professional focusing on sustainable value and financial excellence. He successfully operated and developed financial processes and systems, and managed corporate financing, hedging and liquidity needs. Prior to joining Asyad, he served as the General Manager of Treasury at Oman Shipping Company since 2018, following a tenure in Dubai as the Treasury Manager of Oman Trading International and prior to that worked in various roles for DP World which included a two-year stint at DPW's European regional office in London. Muhsin holds a degree in Accounting from Sultan Qaboos University and is also a qualified CMA and ACT accountant and treasurer.

Mr Keld M Christensen, CEO since Sep 2022, prior to the current role was managing director of APM Terminals Poti in Georgia. He joined AP Moller-Maersk in 1997, and later worked outside the company for several years for ISS A/S and for the Danish foreign service as Consul General in Istanbul, before he moved to Poti in 2019.​

Mr. Mohammed Al Mashani, started at the Port of Salalah as an HSE senior manager in 2008, holds a BSc in Safety Management from Central Missouri State University and an MSc in Facilities Management and Asset Maintenance from Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Over the last 20 years Mohammed has worked in different sectors: Oil and Gas where he worked in PDO in logistics and HSE. Petrochemicals, where he joined Aromatics Oman. He has been through a CPMD program at APM Terminals in association with ESADE Business School and in 2015 was chosen for the first cohort of the Oman National CEO program in association with IMD launched by Diwan of Royal Court.

Mr. Bart van de Graaf, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer for Port of Salalah effective 1 March 2022. Bart joined the APMM Group in August 2011 in The Hague and subsequently took up the role of CFO at APM Terminals COMAN in Benin, followed by Abidjan Terminal in Ivory Coast. Prior to joining APMM, he worked for General Electric in the Financial Management Program, Corporate Audit Staff and in the energy services business. He holds an M.Sc. in Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam.​

Mr. Sunil Joseph, appointed in the current role since Jan 2020, has over 27 years’ experience in shipping with 17 of those in GCC countries UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman holding various senior leadership roles within A.P.Moller-Maersk. Prior to the current role, Sunil was the Chief Commercial Officer at APM Terminals, Bahrain where he was instrumental in driving customer experience and revenue improvement plans through developing customer centric value propositions and supply chain solutions. Sunil holds Post Graduate Diploma in Finance and executive education from Columbia Business School. ​ ​

Mr. Ahmed Suhail Ali Qatan, joining Port of Salalah in 2005, has held various managerial positions in H.R and was promoted to GM-HR in 2010. He has been a member of the executive management team since 2012. Ahmed holds an MBA from Bedfordshire University in UK. Prior to joining Port of Salalah, Ahmed has worked in the local government in the Dhofar region for 20 years holding various positions including director of field studies, director of coordination and director of hygiene.​

Mr. Scott Selman is responsible for the day-to-day business of the Container Terminal.  He is responsible for operations, port wide Maintenance & Repair, Marine Services, Tugs & Pilots and the IT function for the Port of Salalah. Scott brings diverse operations and leadership experience from his work for APM Terminals in The United States, Nigeria, Egypt, Singapore/ APAC region and most recently as COO of Cai Mep International Terminal in Vietnam. Scott holds a BSc in Business Administration from The University of Southern California and is a graduate of the APM Terminals talent development program, Magnum.​

Mr. Ahmed has over 20 years experience working in various fields ranging from academia to oil and gas. Joined the Port of Salalah in 2016 as the General Manager for Projects Development and Implementation which. In 2018 his scope expanded to include Maintenance and Repair. In 2020, Ahmed became member of the Executive Management Team and was assigned to lead the port expansion project and part-take in the negotiation with the Government of Oman for matters related to the concession agreement. Currently as the Head of Projects and Strategy Development, his role also covers large procurement projects and developing strategies pertaining to port capacity for different business sectors including containerized, general, and liquid cargoes.​ ​

Mr. Ali Kashoob has been associated with Port since 2003. He holds a Bachelor of Ports Management and Operations from Arab Academy for science and technology with honor. He has varied experience in Port Operations, commercial and training and brings vast industry knowledge.​ ​

Tim Hathaway is the Head of Decarbonization  prevously Hub Transformation Leader in Port Of Salalah since joining in 2018. He is currently leading the port intiatives toward the vision of zero carbon emmissions. Tim used to lead the Hub Excellence team in deploying Lean For All. Before that he worked for two of the global port operators for ten years, in various roles in engineering, operations, and organizational development. Tim holds Masters degrees in Engineering and Knowledge Transfer, and his early career was with various manufacturing and service companies in his native UK and in the UAE, mainland China and in Hong Kong. ​ ​ ​

Mr. Willem Nel (NEBOSH GC / Tech IOSH) is the General Manager for Health, Safety, Security and Environment at Port of Salalah since 2017. Willem has over 23 years’ experience in HSSE and an External Lead Auditor ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001. Willem was a senior officer in the South African Airforce for 16 years before he made career change to HSSE. He holds a bachelor’s in Educational Technology from the Military Academy South Africa. Willem has worked in several ports, Port Maputo, Jebal Ali, Abu Dhabi Terminals, SCCT, Izmir and Port of Salalah. He has varied experience in port HSSE, quality control, emergency response, port operations, project management and training and brings vast industry knowledge.​ ​

Tofool is Acting Hub Transformational Leader, she is leading the Hub Excellence team in deploying Operating system, Lean for All Programs, Policy deployment and Standardization. Tofool joined Port of Salalah on the 1st of November 1998 as Operation Planning Superintendent. She has more than 16-years’ experience in Ports and supply chain . During her Port journey Tofool had an exposure to local, regional and international best practices from Netherlands, Morocco, UAE, Malaysia & Egypt . With that Experience, she is currently Certified as Trainer by Ministry of Labour.