Please congratulate Dr. Waleed El Nemr for his election as the Director for Region 7, which includes Egypt and the Middle East. As RD7, Waleed will participate as a member of the Membership Advisory Committee (MAC) and support section leaders in the region.

As of August 2022, Dr. El Nemr has 25 years of experience in contracts and claims management, encompassing positions in various international project management firms, such as Bechtel, Fluor Daniel and Hill International.  He has also assumed several roles during dispute resolution proceedings in construction projects, acting as arbitrator, expert adjudicator, expert appointed by the tribunal, expert appointed by an arbitration party and dispute adjudication board (DAB) member.  He is MENA Regional Director of the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) International MENA Regional Director of the Association for the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) and Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIARB) – Egypt Branch.  He is the author of numerous papers and a speaker in numerous conferences, seminars and webinars on the topic of construction contracts and claims.  He is currently the Contracts Director of Hill International’s North Africa branch, based in Egypt and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at The American University in Cairo in the construction engineering department.