Ziad T. Al Murshed has been appointed as chief financial officer and senior vice president of Strategy and Development effective May 1, 2022. Previous to this, Al Murshed was acting service line head for Finance, Strategy & Development effective Aug. 6, 2021.

As Ali Al-Baluchi worked hard to establish his credentials within the Aramco workforce, the opportunities to study overseas began to arrive. With his cordial personality and winning Saudi charm, Ali quickly made friendships wherever he went, and even found himself representing the Kingdom in international student forums.

February has always been a busy month at Aramco. Whether that is recognizing some of the bests of the previous year or launching new enterprises or new construction projects, the cool breezes of winter spurring us into action.

Cecilia Doughty passed away peacefully at Kent General hospital in Dover on Thursday, April 28, 2022. Cecilia was born May 18, 1943, in Bronx, New York to the late John and Margaret (nee Casey) McKenna. She worked most of her life as a School Teacher, having graduated from Mercy College, Tarrytown, New York with a master's in education.

Susan Varghese Rashid was born in Kerala, India. She studied and trained to be a nurse at Vellore Christian Medical College, and later moved to Saudi Arabia to work as a nurse for Aramco, which is where she met her husband as well as many lifelong friends. Susan and her husband moved to Rochester, NY in 1970, settling in Pittsford, NY, where they raised their three children.

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