Ayman Asfari

Ayman Asfari is a Syrian-British businessman, with over 45 years’ experience in the energy sector. He also supports humanitarian and philanthropic efforts in the Middle East through The Asfari Foundation and Madaniya.

Currently, Ayman is Founder and Chairman of Venterra Group, a London-based global services champion supporting the rapid expansion of the offshore wind industry.

More recently, Ayman founded and is Chairman of Novaterra Energy, specialising in restoring and developing oil and natural gas resources in Syria.

Prior to this, Ayman established Petrofac International, leading the business for over thirty years and transforming it into a FTSE 100 renowned energy services company. He stepped down as Group CEO in December 2020.

Ayman is co-Founder and Chairman of The Asfari Foundation, and Madaniya (a network of over 250 Syrian civil society organisations). He is a Trustee and Board member of the American University of Beirut. Ayman served as a UK Business Ambassador to the Prime Minister from 2014-2017, and is a Fellow of the Energy Institute and the Royal Academy of Engineering. In 2011 he was awarded EY’s UK Entrepreneur of the Year.

Ayman holds an MSc in Civil and Urban Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.