{"id":3332,"date":"2016-02-02T01:06:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T18:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/?p=3332"},"modified":"2016-02-01T22:23:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T15:23:57","slug":"arcadis-replaces-wael-allan-as-middle-east-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/arcadis-replaces-wael-allan-as-middle-east-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Arcadis replaces Wael Allan as Middle East head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nThe building consultancy Arcadis has replaced Wael Allan as its chief executive just 12 months after his appointment. The consultancy has announced that Graham Read has been appointed as Middle East chief executive, effective from February 1. Mr Reid had previously been global design director for Arcadis.Mr Allan was appointed as Middle East chief executive and a member of Arcadis&#8217; senior management team in February 2014 following the company&#8217;s \u00c2\u00a3296 million (Dh1.55 billion) take\u00adover of Hyder Consulting, where he had been regional managing director. In a statement, Arcadis said Mr Allan left the firm at the end of January to pursue opportunities outside of its business.&#013;<br \/>\nMr Reid now leads an Arcadis team of 2,200 people in the Middle East. Over the past 12 months, he had spearheaded the expansion of a series of global design excellence centres. Before that, he had been Hyder&#8217;s UK managing director. &#8220;Graham is a collaborative and results-oriented leader with a strong track record,&#8221; said Stephan Ritter, an executive board member of Arcadis. &#8220;We are pleased to welcome Graham to the regional operations of the Middle East.&#8221;&#013;<br \/>\nMr Ritter added that Mr Allan had &#8220;played an instrumental role&#8221; in the integration of the Hyder business into Arcadis. &#8220;He is one of the most respected leaders in the Middle East construction and engineering industry and I wish him well with his next endeavours.&#8221;mfahy@thenational.aeFollow The National&#8217;s Business section on Twitter&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : thenational.ae&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/property\/arcadis-replaces-wael-allan-as-middle-east-head\" target=\"_blank\">Arcadis replaces Wael Allan as Middle East head<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; &#013; The building consultancy Arcadis has replaced Wael Allan as its chief executive just 12&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-RK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29341,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/drake-scull-appoints-new-chief-executive\/","url_meta":{"origin":3332,"position":0},"title":"Drake &amp; Scull appoints new chief executive","date":"October 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Khaldoun Tabari, the longstanding leader of Drake & Scull International is to stand down as chief executive the company said this morning.Mr Tabari, who bought a majority stake in the UAE based international arm of UK construction company Drake & Scull in 1988 and purchased the remaining stake a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11962,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/drake-scull-replaces-finance-chief-after-just-eight-months-in-management-shake-up-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":3332,"position":1},"title":"Drake &amp; Scull replaces finance chief after just eight months in management shake-up","date":"May 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Drake & Scull International (DSI) has replaced its chief fin\u00adancial officer after just eight months in the role, and has also brought in the former head of Arcadis's Middle East operations to the new post of chief operating officer.The Dubai-based contractor said that Kailash Sadangi has been appointed as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11956,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/drake-scull-replaces-finance-chief-after-just-eight-months-in-management-shake-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":3332,"position":2},"title":"Drake &amp; Scull replaces finance chief after just eight months in management shake-up","date":"May 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Drake & Scull International (DSI) has replaced its chief financial officer after just eight months in the role, and brought in the former head of Arcadis's Middle East operations to the new post of chief operating officer.The Dubai-based contractor said that Kailash Sadangi has been appointed as chief financial\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29385,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/new-era-for-dsi-as-tabari-steps-down\/","url_meta":{"origin":3332,"position":3},"title":"New era for DSI as Tabari steps down","date":"October 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Shares in embattled Dubai contractor Drake & Scull International (DSI) posted their largest one-day gain in five months after the company announced that Khaldoun Tabari, the long-standing leader of DSI is to stand down as the chief \u00adexecutive. 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