Saad Sherida al-Kaabi is the current Minister of Energy in Qatar. Previously, he was President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum (QP), the state owned corporation which operates all oil and gas activities in the State of Qatar.

Al-Kaabi joined QP in 1986 during his studies at Pennsylvania State University. After graduation, al-Kaabi joined QP’s Reservoir & Field Development Department.

In the following years he held various positions in petroleum engineering as well as technical, commercial and supervisory positions. Eventually he became Manager of Gas Development, with responsibility for the management of the North Field.He and his team are credited with launching and implementing different gas projects in short time periods and thus contributing to Qatar's rise in LNG and GTL. In 2006 al-Kaabi became the Director of QP’s Oil & Gas Ventures Directorate, responsible now for all of Qatar’s oil and gas fields and all exploration activities. In September 2014, al-Kaabi was appointed as QP’s Managing Director.

He later became President and Chief Executive Officer (November 2014) as part of a major re-organization of Qatar Petroleum. Al Kaabi is the chairman of Industries Qatar, a large cooperation overseeing several of the emirate's industrial efforts and dealing primarily in petrochemicals, steel and fertilizers.