Secretary General Short Bio:

Short Bio
• Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 1989 – 1994.
• Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 1994 – 1999.
• Professor, Civil Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 1999.
• Vice President, Meteorology and Environmental Protection Administration (MEPA), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2000 – 2003.
• Deputy Assistant to the President of PME (Presidency of Meteorology and Environment) for Environmental Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2003 – 2005.
• Secretary General of PERSGA (The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2005 – To date.
• Member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCCC) elected from the continent of Asia from 2002-2006.
• General Supervisor of Activities of the “First Islamic Conference of Environment Ministers”.
• Member, International Committee for Establishing the structure of the Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change.
• His excellency Professor Ziad published numerous scientific researches and published books on various environmental and water issues.