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WE PARTNER WITH CLIENTS ON DIVERSE & AMBITIOUS PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD
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At a glance

Dar Group delivers complex projects—from inception through completion—for clients of any size, anywhere in the world.

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Dar Group’s vision is to connect people, places and communities
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Our vision and values

We aim to connect people, places and communities by providing innovative solutions to the world’s most complex engineering and design challenges.

Our network is united by a commitment to providing clients with multi-disciplinary solutions rooted in quality, innovation, collaboration, and sustainability.

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Our strategy—Dar2020—is organized around four strategic pillars.

We seek to accelerate growth and advance excellence as a leading engineering, design, and management group through a unique four-pillar approach.

We believe this will provide the sustainable and competitive scale of a global entity whilst retaining the specialist brands, capabilities, and expertise that clients demand.

infrastructure

Infrastructure

Multi-disciplinary design, engineering, and project management expertise for buildings, transportation, utilities, and the environment. Working for both public and private sector clients on a diverse mix of large-scale, complex projects.

Architecture

Interdisciplinary, research based architecture, interior design, branded environments, urban design, and landscape architecture. Projects emphasise beauty, sustainability, health, well-being, and cultural sensitivity.

Project Management

Project Management

Essential front-end services, including capital budgeting, financial advisory, and asset, cost, and construction project management. Specialties include transportation, logistics, and energy infrastructure, as well as real estate developments across all sectors.

Energy

Energy

Detailed design services, studies, project and asset management, and advisory services through the operations lifecycle. Diversifying our capabilities through a long-term strategic investment in WorleyParsons.

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Leadership and governance

Board of Directors Executive Committee Audit Committee Leadership Development Committee

Talal Shair

Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Talal Shair

Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Ibrahim "Abe" Saad

Independent Chairman

Talal Shair

Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Bashar Rihani

Director of Transportation,
Dar

Bashar Rihani

Director of Transportation,
Dar

Beshara Wakim

Director of Operations,
Dar

Abeer Taraweneh

Director of Operations,
Dar

Bassam Shakhshir

Regional Director, Dar

Bassam Shakhshir

Regional Director, Dar

Camille Sifri

Independent Member

Sari Gedeon

Director of Project Management & Contracts, Dar

Danny Aoun

Regional Director, Dar

Catherine Tobiasinsky

Group Chief Growth Officer

Euan McEwan

Independent Member

Gillian Empringham

Group Head of Human Resources

Neil Bruce

Non-Executive Director

Danny Aoun

Regional Director, Dar

Khalil Darawish

Committee Member

Charles Malek

Director of Structures and Bridges Engineering Department

Phil Harrison

CEO, Perkins&Will

Matthew Cummings

CEO, T.Y.Lin InternationaI Group and Group Global Infrastructure

 Investment Committee Risk Compliance Committee

Sari Gedeon

Director of Project Management & Contracts, Dar

Michael Helou

Group Chief Strategy Officer

Talal Shair

Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Peter O’Sullivan

Committee Chair, Chief Executive Officer, Penspen

Peter O’Sullivan

CEO, Penspen

Ibrahim “Abe” Saad

Independent Member

Gillian Empringham

Group Head of Human Resources

Philip English

Group Chief Financial Officer

Michael Helou

Group Chief Strategy Officer

Phil English

Group Chief Financial Officer

Phil Harrison

CEO, Perkins&Will

Mulham Sleiman

Director of Economics, Dar

Andre Samaha

Director of Project Management and Contracts

Gillian Empringham

Group Head of Human Resources

Sari Gedeon

Director of Project Management & Contracts, Dar

Teymour Salaam

Group General Counsel

Alan Manuel

CEO Currie & Brown

Wajdi Abou-Izzeddine

Director of Operations – Iraq,
Dar
Board of Directors

Talal Shair

Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Bashar Rihani

Director of Transportation,
Dar

Bassam Shakhshir

Regional Director, Dar

Danny Aoun

Regional Director, Dar

Neil Bruce

Non-Executive Director

Phil Harrison

CEO, Perkins&Will

Sari Gedeon

Director of Project Management & Contracts, Dar
Executive Committee

Talal Shair

Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Bashar Rihani

Director of Transportation, Dar

Bassam Shakhshir

Regional Director, Dar

Catherine Tobiasinsky

Group Chief Growth Officer

Danny Aoun

Regional Director, Dar

Matthew Cummings

CEO, T.Y.Lin InternationaI Group and Group Global Infrastructure

Michael Helou

Group Chief Strategy Officer

Peter O’Sullivan

CEO, Penspen

Philip English

Group Chief Financial Officer

Phil Harrison

CEO, Perkins&Will

Gillian Empringham

Group Head of Human Resources

Alan Manuel

CEO Currie & Brown
Audit Committee

Ibrahim "Abe" Saad

Independent Chairman

Beshara Wakim

Director of Operations, Dar

Camille Sifri

Independent Member

Euan McEwan

Independent Member

Khalil Darawish

Committee Member
Investment Committee

Talal Shair

Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Ibrahim “Abe” Saad

Independent Member

Michael Helou

Group Chief Strategy Officer

Mulham Sleiman

Director of Economics, Dar

Sari Gedeon

Director of Project Management & Contracts, Dar
Leadership Development Committee

Talal Shair

Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Abeer Taraweneh

Director of Operations, Dar

Sari Gedeon

Director of Project Management & Contracts, Dar

Gillian Empringham

Group Head of Human Resources

Charles Malek

Director of Structures and Bridges Engineering Department
Risk Compliance Committee

Peter O’Sullivan

Committee Chair, Chief Executive Officer, Penspen

Gillian Empringham

Group Head of Human Resources

Phil English

Group Chief Financial Officer

Andre Samaha

Director of Project Management and Contracts

Teymour Salaam

Group General Counsel

Wajdi Abou-Izzeddine

Director of Operations – Iraq,
Dar
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A legacy of excellence and growth

Dar Group is building upon the successes of the past to continue to be a leading global engineering and consulting group.

  1. 1986
  2. 1989
  3. 1990
  4. 2007
  5. 2009
  6. 2009
  7. 2012
  8. 2013
  9. 2017
  10. 2018

  1. The Group is formed

    The group is formed. Architecture and design firm Perkins&Will joins Dar—the first in a number of strategic partnerships.

  2. Increasingly global reach

    T.Y.Lin International, a U.S. civil and structural engineering firm, joins Dar Group, increasing its stronghold in the U.S. and opening up new opportunities in Asia.

  3. Entry into the U.K. market

    Dar Group makes its third acquisition, U.K.-based Penspen, an engineering, operations, integrity and maintenance services company for the oil and gas industry.

  4. Opportunities in global aviation sector

    Dar Group acquires leading U.S. airport and aviation planning consultancy firm Landrum & Brown, opening up the aviation sector in China, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.

  5. Enhancing infrastructure expertise

    The Group further expands its U.S. building system design presence by acquiring Integral Group.

  6. Enhancing infrastructure expertise

    Dar Group acquires American firm Ross & Baruzzini, enhancing its engineering, technology consulting and architectural expertise and capabilities in the aviation, education, government, healthcare and mission critical industries.

  7. Pioneering through acquisitions

    Dar Group acquires the U.K.-based consultancy firm Currie & Brown, which in 2016 itself acquired Sweett Group plc to complement and enhance the Group’s existing project management offering, whilst also increasing its foothold in existing and new markets.

  8. Enhancing infrastructure expertise

    Dar Group acquires Italian engineering company Maffeis providing specialist engineering services for Tension Membrane/Fabric Structures and ETFE foil designs for long span structural applications such as stadia covers, facades and retractable roofs.

  9. A new strategic partnership

    Dar enters a strategic partnership with GPO Group, an international multi sector engineering company, offering planning, design and operation services for transportation, building, environment and automotive projects.

  10. A new strategic direction

    The Group acquires a strategic 25.9% equity stake in Worley.

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