New CEO24 Nov 2022 16:22
Tareq Kawash joins Petrofac from McDermott, where he has worked for 21-years, most recently as Senior Vice President of its Onshore and Offshore business lines.
A strategic, high-performing leader with a wealth of operational and commercial experience, Tareq has worked in the engineering and construction industry for over 30 years and has completed both domestic and international assignments for mega onshore and offshore oil and gas projects.
Tareq is fluent in Arabic and has extensive experience of the Middle East, having lived and worked there for 18 years. Prior to McDermott's combination with CB&I in 2018, he was CB&I's Group Vice President, Engineering and Construction, International. Before joining CB&I in 2000, he worked with KBR for two years and Consolidated Contractors Company for seven years.
A new CEO who is fluent in Arabic and has worked and lived ther for 18 years, I can see a lot of big contracts getting wine in the Middle East in the years ahead for sure.