He's only just landed in D-Town and loving life already. Having spend several years in the UAE and Oman, Rudi Scheepers has found even more comfort having landed the role of Country Manager of FUGRO.
A proud South African, Rudi and his family hope to make a life for themselves in Qatar and we hear more about his story from before his FUGRO adventure started to his initial impressions of his new home.
Settled in Doha for over 5 years, Sean Sibley has seen the growth and success of DESA flourish. Continuing the community presence that surrounds the school, which is steeped in history over the years. The School eve had a famous student in the past, none other than HE Sheikh Tamim himself.
Robert Cats has a career spanning several successful sectors including Business Consultancy & Facilities Management. Working with Qatar Embassies and Partners, Robert has turned his passion for networking into a way of life and his core business.
Host, Simon Joss discusses the new world of maintaining a long term contact network, from anywhere in the World and we learn how Robert uses this strategy during his time of lockdown.
An experience IT Specialist and having lived in the Middle East for many years, we welcome Michael Bowen. Currently back home in his native South Africa, Michael gives us an insight into his long term strategies aside from his IT & Technology Career.
ARC Business Networking Superstar and Happy People Founder, Ann Williams shows us how to kick back and have fun while working..
Ann came to Qatar following her love and fell in love with Qatar.... and we are sure you will fall in love with her after listening to this.
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Kirk Durrant is a construction law partner in the DWF Doha office. He has been practicing and resident on Doha for over 12 years.
He has considerable experience advising clients in relation to construction disputes/international arbitrations and non-contentious construction matters, including matters relating to major pipeline projects (energy, water, waste), utility projects (district cooling, power, water), process facility projects (solar, desalination, bio-fuels), transportation projects (airports, sea-ports, railway), infrastructure projects (roadways, bridges, tunnels) and commercial projects (mixed-used developments, hotels, theme parks).
He has extensive experience arbitrating disputes in many of the world's arbitration centres and counselling clients in connection with different project delivery methods (including traditional delivery, design-build, EPC, EPCM, PPP, BOT, BOOT and DBOM models), and preparing and negotiating standard form (i.e. FIDIC, NEC, JCT, AIA, etc.) and bespoke construction agreements. In 2012 and 2013, Kirk was recognised by Chambers and Partners as a leading dispute resolution lawyer in the MENA region.
Husam Gawish is HKA’s Partner responsible for Business Development in the Middle East and North Africa Region. Prior to assuming this role, Husam was HKA’s Country Manager and Head of Operations in Qatar responsible for the overall management and delivery of HKA’s business in the GCC Country. Husam is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in the UK.
Husam has 25 years of diverse engineering, commercial, claims, project management, and business development and marketing experience gained through working on a wide range of major projects in the buildings, infrastructure, industrial, process, and power generation sectors throughout the UK, Africa, Middle East and Asia.
Resident in the GCC region since 2008, Husam has a strong technical background and extensive commercial and contractual experience, backed by bilingual English and Arabic skills. During his career to date, Husam has been involved in several landmark projects around the world, including: the Dubai Metro and Sheikh Zayed Bridge in the UAE; the new Hamad International Airport in Qatar; the Songsu Bridge in South Korea; the Bangabandhu (Jamuna) Bridge in Bangladesh; the Landbridge Railway Project in Saudi Arabia; and the Millennium Dome (now O2 Arena) in London, UK.
Stuart Mounter is no stranger to the Doha shores, having spent several years in his shipping career frequenting Qatar and it's neighbours.
During a general catch up with host Simon Joss, Simon made the immediate decision to make TIQ a reality and launch the first episode. Here Stuart and Simon talk about the impact the global lockdown will have for the long term. Is remote working the new norm?
Is the digital world about to take precedence to physical offices, networking as such like?
They also look at property opportunities and why many homeowners, sitting on substantial equity, are unwilling (or un-educated) to utilise their hard earned capital at a time when they are unbelievable entitled to.
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