Omar Al-Attas is the deputy chief environmental sustainability officer at the Red Sea Development Co., and also a board member of the General Organization for the Conservation of Coral Reefs and Turtles in the Red Sea.

Previously, Al-Attas was deputy CEO and chief strategy officer at the National Center for Environmental Compliance.

In 2020, he was vice president for environmental affairs and chairman of the permanent committee for the protection of coastal areas at the General Authority of Meteorology and Environmental Protection.

During his time at the authority, Al-Attas was a member of several delegations from the Kingdom to global bodies such as the UN Environment General Assembly, as well as a meeting of the International Maritime Organization regarding the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds.

From 2017 to 2019, he served as assistant vice president for environmental affairs at the General Authority of Meteorology and Environmental Protection, and as general supervisor of the Saudi National Ozone Unit and National Focal Point until 2020.

He is currently enrolled in the 2030 Leaders Misk program.

Al-Attas earned his Ph.D. in environmental engineering in 2012 from the University of Ottawa, Canada. During his studies, he was president of the Saudi Students Club in Ottawa, where he founded the Saudi Students Academic Fair.

Al-Attas received his master’s degree in environmental engineering in 2003 and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 2000 from King Fahad University of Petroleum Engineering.

As an academic, he has almost 20 years’ experience at King Fahad University of Petroleum Engineering’s civil and environmental engineering department.

He was an assistant professor from 2013 to 2019, a lecturer from 2004 to 2012, and a graduate assistant from 2000 to 2003.