Hisham Abdulla AL Riyami is currently holding the position of network planning manager at OETC, deputy chairman of Grid Code Review Panel and member in the planning committee of GCCIA. He previously served OETC as head of the strategic planning & studies section (2013-2015) and system studies engineer (2008-2013). Riyami who has B.Sc. Eng. in Power Systems and Energy from the Sultan Qaboos University, Oman in 2008 has published more than 45 technical papers and he is a Senior Member in the IEEE.