Farhat Bengdara's Four-Pillar Playbook for a National Oil Company in Freefall
Jul 23
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When Farhat Bengdara arrived at Libya's National Oil Corporation, a dispute between the country's two rival power centers had frozen output for months. The institution itself had no agreed leadership that both sides would accept. Bengdara was the compromise both sides settled on.
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