Haitham al-Ghais (Arabic: هيثم الغيص; born October 1969) is a Kuwaiti oil executive and diplomat who has served as Secretary General of OPEC since 2022.

In 1993, he joined the International Marketing Sector of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), later serving as its Crude Oil Marketing Representative and leading the company's regional offices in China and the United Kingdom.

[4][5] Following the 5 July 2022 death of his predecessor, Nigerian politician Mohammed Barkindo, Al-Ghais served as the organization's interim leader ahead of his planned August 2022 start date.

[6] During his term, Al-Ghais has urged member nations to focus international climate negotiations on reducing carbon emissions, rather than prohibiting the extraction and sale of fossil fuels.

[7] Al-Ghais is fluent in Arabic, English, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese, and also speaks Chinese.