Apart from his core role in the oil and gas industry as Chairman of Pearl Petroleum and Executive Director of Crescent Petroleum, Badr Jafar leads a diverse group of pioneering companies in his role as CEO of Crescent Investments, with interests covering a wide range of industries internationally, including ports and logistics, aviation, medical facilities, mineral processing, private equity, and real estate. Among this group of companies is Gulftainer, the largest private-sector port management and logistics firm in the Persian Gulf, and Clinical Pathology Services, the only fully accredited private pathology practice in the Middle East.

As Chairman of Gas Cities LLC, he has pioneered the formation of a proprietary concept in developing large, gas-based industrial cities across the Middle East and North Africa, to maximize the economic benefit of locally produced natural gas by generating local industry, employment, and
foreign direct investment.

Badr Jafar is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, with a master’s in engineering and a business degree from the Judge Business School. He is an active member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO).