Dr. Samer Aljishi is President of BFG International, a leading Bahraini based multi-national engineering and manufacturing group in the Composites Sector that provides integrated highly engineered products to clients within the rail, automotive, wind energy, architectural, construction, and waste treatment industries. A senior executive with more than 30 years of global experience across multiple sectors and industries, Samer has held Board and Committee positions at various organizations including the Gulf Air Group, Bahrain Airport Services, and the Bahrain Development Bank. Samer is currently a board member in the Bahrain Economic
Development Board and Mumtalakat, the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Samer holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University and has been in the past a Humboldt Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute in Germany and a Professor in the University of Bahrain.
