Energy Tech Summit Asia Advisory board member

Bruce Niven

Chief Investment Officer

Aramco Ventures

Bruce has over 20 years’ experience in corporate venture investing working for two of the world’s largest corporations – Saudi Aramco and Itochu Corporation. He joined Aramco in 2011 and as Chief Investment Officer oversees Aramco Ventures’ $7B investment program, covering sustainability, industrial technologies, digital and deeptech investments. He also played a leading role in the establishment of OGCI Climate Investments, a $1B fund investing in climate related technologies on behalf of 12 of the world’s leading oil & gas companies.
Early in his career he was founder of a start-up developing early smartphone applications and worked in the wireless telecoms industry, consulting on new product development and global market strategies.
He has a Masters degree in Engineering, Economics and Management from the University of Oxford, where he was Casbard scholar in Engineering and winner of the Pilkington Prize in Management Science. He has held the Chartered Financial Analyst designation since 2007. He has a highly international background having lived in 9 countries on 4 continents. In 2013 and again in 2025 he was named to Global Corporate Venturing’s ‘PowerList 100.