In May 2007, he became managing director,[4] and in 2011, he took the additional position as chairman of IPIC's subsidiary, Compañía Española de Petróleos.[3] He was chairman of many other companies including NOVA Chemicals, Arabtec,[3] Borealis AG and OMV (in both of which IPIC owns a controlling interest), Aabar Investments (an IPIC subsidiary), Falcon Private Bank, Abu Dhabi National Takaful Company, and Hakkasan Group.[6] He was the director of Tasameem Real Estate Co.