Omar Shahzad 

Omar Shahzad is the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Meinhardt Group since 2013

and was previously the Deputy CEO between 2010 to 2013. As Group CEO, Omar 
oversees the performance of the global group of 6,000 employees across 61 offices.

Under his leadership, the Meinhardt Group has grown significantly. The Group is ranked

as the 10th largest international engineering firm in the world & the largest privately held

engineering firm in Asia.

Meinhardt was the first engineering company in Singapore to be conferred the

International Headquarters Award by the Economic Development Board (EDB).

Meinhardt has also partnered with EDB to set up two Centers of Excellence.

Omar is currently the Singapore Chairman of the ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs Council

and serves on various committees related to the Built Environment industry.

Omar continues to be closely involved with the Group’s Middle East and more recently

Africa business. The Group now has 12 offices in the region and is working in 20+

countries.

Prior to joining Meinhardt, Omar was extensively involved in the banking industry. He

was an investment banker where he was involved in several landmark capital market

transactions and mergers & acquisitions.

Omar graduated from Tufts University, USA, in Economics. He was also a council

member of North East CDC, from 2004-2008, the youngest at the time.

Omar is married with three children aged from 12 to 18.