Ihab currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Vantage Drilling International. He also serves as Vice Chairman of AGR and is a Board Member of Paradigm Geophysics, Drilling Systems and audio engineering company Engström & Engström.

Ihab's professional experience spans many functional positions, including line-management, sales and marketing, Geoscience information solutions, operations, HR, and R&D and has held several leading positions at Transocean and previously with Schlumberger.

His positions with Transocean included Executive Vice President – Operations, Executive Vice President – Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President Marketing and Corporate Planning.

Prior to Transocean, he spent 23 years with Schlumberger at various positions with global and regional responsibility and with assignment in Europe, North America, Africa, Middle East and Asia.

Ihab holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University where he graduated in 1985.