Moderator

Nabil Kabache

Group Director- FM Excellence and Sustainability

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EFS Facilities Services Group

Nabil is a qualified FM Professional with significant experience in both the public and private sectors. Proven professional skills involving Facilities & Assets Management with a resilient strong proven track record of increasing both contract size and revenue across several high profile/value contracts in UK and GCC.

Alexandros Pounentis

Director PM / CM Services

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KEO International Consultants

Alexandros Pounentis is an experienced professional in the engineering design and construction industry, participated in the entire lifecycle of large building construction and infrastructure projects, including Engineering Construction (Highways, Tunnels, Bridges, National Security), Real Estate & Commercial (Hospital, Mixed-use, Residential & Hotels), Industrial (Power Centers, Depots, Telecom), and Infrastructure projects in Oil & Gas environments. With 25 years of diverse professional career so far in regional and international assignments for large organizations and Governments, and in leadership roles acting as the Client Representative, Consultant Engineer, & Contractor in several countries such as Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Armenia, Malta, Qatar, Iraq, and the UAE, project highlights Alexandros has been involved include: • The rehabilitation of the Egnatia Road mega project in North Greece, Construction of the 3.2 km Dodonis Tunnels, Highways and Bridges, awarded to a six-membered international joint J/V including Impresa SpA & Locatelli Geom • The “Energy Supply Program for the Olympic Games in Athens 2004”, buildings and tunnels, in a joint-venture with ABB-Alstom-Siemens • The “Physical Security System Implementation” for the National Command Centre in Doha-Qatar, for the Asian Games 2006 • The Power & Telecom infrastructure program for the consortium of British Petroleum, Petrochina, and the Rumeila Oil Organization, in South Iraq • An extensive development program of residential towers in Dubai, for the prestigious leading organization Azizi Developments. Skilled in project management, organizational leadership and the end-to-end development and delivery of construction programs, a decision-maker focused on efficiency and sustainability, with a strong client centric mentality in formulating and executing strategies for achieving business objectives. Operations executive on an international scale, experienced in establishing and operating new business units in multicultural environments, business diversification in emerging markets, and proven success in overseas assignments. Driven, transparent and an excellent communicator, focused on innovative management practices, transformations through digitization, standardization, production, vertical integration of supply chains, and continuous improvement.

Richard Haddon

Executive Director – Project Bright

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Acwa Power

Author of the “Stress Free Management M.A.T.R.I.X.”, as well as a certified high-performance coach who is passionate about finding better ways for teams to deliver complex projects. A civil engineering graduate of Queen Mary College, London University, a professional engineer and chartered builder who has worked as Consultant, Contractor, and for the last 30 years working for commercial real estate developers. Held position of Vice president Design & Construction IFA Hotels & Resorts, and Chief Operating Office for Emirates Land Group before founding his own company in 2014, Simplified Advisory Services. Richard has delivered projects in South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Montenegro, Seychelles, and currently working in Saudi Arabia.

Musbah Abu Jarad

Executive Director - Integrated Facility Management, Handover & Sustainability

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Provis Estate Management

Musbah joined Provis in January 2021 as Executive Director of Supply Chain and Procurement along with being the Executive Director of Business Excellence. He is currently leading the Integrated Facility Management (IFM), Handover and Sustainability Division as Executive Director. Prior to Provis, Musbah served as Senior Vice President of Corporate and Assets Management Procurement at Aldar Properties for two years. He previously held several roles at ADNOC during his seven-year tenure with the company, including leading the commercial team in the first international/ local company merge, ADNOC Drilling, leading the Drilling Services Contracts team at ADNOC Offshore, as well as leading the first integrated drilling contract in Abu Dhabi. Musbah started his career in oil and gas as a wireline field engineer and gained experience working in different countries around the world, for the leading service contractor Schlumberger. Musbah holds a Master’s Degree in Quality Management from the University of Wollongong in Dubai and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the American University of Sharjah.