Husam Gawish

About Husam

Husam Gawish is Head of Operations for Saudi Arabia and has more than 25 years of diverse engineering, claims, project management, business development and marketing experience. He is responsible for driving HKA’s strategic growth plan in the Kingdom and takes the lead in securing new appointments as well as ensuring that the technical, strategic, and quality standards and targets of all deliverables are consistently met.

Husam has worked on a wide range of global projects across several industry sectors, including infrastructure, power generation, buildings and oil and gas. He also has a strong technical background and extensive commercial and contractual experience. His previous and notable experience includes working on the claims team of the Dubai Metro project and leading a team responsible for the management, preparation and submission of a US$5bn bid for the Saudi Landbridge railway project.

As a Chartered Engineer, Husam also has extensive experience in the design and assessment of steel, concrete and composite bridges in accordance with internationally recognised codes of practice. His broad experience also includes the management of construction projects.

He is a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in the UK. He has spoken at a variety of seminars and also speaks Arabic.