INTERIM MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Interim Executive Leadership.

Stepping in to stabilize, lead, and recover critical projects and engineering businesses when executive stability is paramount.

Experienced leadership when you need it most.

When critical projects face sudden leadership vacuums or require immediate turnaround, I provide interim executive management. I step in to assess the situation, establish stability, and drive recovery without losing momentum.

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THE CHALLENGE & THE APPROACH

Stabilising operations and projects during critical transitions.

In the world of engineering and infrastructure, leadership vacuums can quickly lead to commercial exposure and schedule drift. Whether caused by sudden departures, project distress, or rapid scaling requirements, the lack of experienced executive oversight is a critical risk that must be mitigated immediately.

My interim management approach is built on rapid assessment and decisive action. I integrate directly into the existing organizational structure to provide immediate stability, clear bottlenecks, and restore stakeholder confidence. By applying decades of hands-on delivery experience, I ensure that critical path activities continue uninterrupted while a long-term leadership strategy is formulated and executed.

CONSULTING EXPERTISE

MY INTERIM & RECOVERY SERVICES:

■Short Term Assignments: Filling critical leadership gaps on a temporary basis to maintain project continuity.
■Business Rescue: Turning around underperforming projects or organisational units through decisive action.
■Non-Executive Director: Providing strategic oversight, governance, and independent counsel at board level.
■Operational Stabilisation: Quickly assessing and rectifying operational inefficiencies in ongoing projects.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

PROVEN DELIVERY AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

Oxagon (NEOM Industrial City)

Project Director · Saudi Arabia

Project Director for Oxagon (NEOM Industrial City) in Saudi Arabia for Systra-Surbana-Jurong JV as Multidisciplinary Design Consultant for the infrastructure of this Megaproject on the Red Sea Coast. The scope included Wet and Dry Utilities - Water, Sewage, District Cooling HV (380kV), MV (33kV), LV (14kV) reticulation and so on; Roads, Highways, Bridges and Tunnels (Cut & Cover, TBM), Landscaping and Marine protection. Leading a team of over 200 Professional Engineers at two locations in Saudi Arabia – Riyadh and NEOM, as well as design centre support from partner operations in South Africa, India, and the UAE. Design was executed using BIM 360 for 3D design technology. The total installed value will exceed $10 Billion.

Pune Metro Line 3

Project Director · Pune, India

Project Director for the Pune Metro Line 3, an EPC Civil Contract for a 23km long elevated metro with 23 stations including retail developments on mezzanine levels, and a Depot. valued at >$450 million. This project was interrupted by Covid. Nonetheless, we managed to complete the design and to use the lockdown to demolish 3Km of double-decker highway on the alignment.

Dravyavati River Project

Project Director · Jaipur, India

Project Director for the Dravyavati River Project in Jaipur, a US$ 250 million EPC contract. The Project involved the Design Build of 170Mld of Sewage Treatment (5off WWTPs), 120kms of sewerage, 47km of lined channel, cleaning of four dams as well as three international standard parks and landscaping. Buildings incorporated into the design included Control buildings a City-wide communications centre, laboratories and offices as well as an Exhibition and Conference centre. The project was safely completed on time and under budget. The project was awarded a Project of the Year award by Construction Times in 2018. This involved a direct field staff of over 200 Engineers, 230 subcontractors and completing 26 million safe manhours with labour peaking at 8000.

Seychelles

Project Director · Seychelles

Seychelles This comprised of four seawater desalination projects, two on the main island of Providence and one each on Praslin and La Digue. These involved sensitive environmental intakes and brine outfalls without damaging the coral reefs. Furthermore, two sewage plants were built on Providence island in Victoria and BeauVallon Bay with sewerage reticulation from the beachfront hotels and homes.

AVAILABLE FOR INTERIM MANDATES

Bring experienced leadership to your critical infrastructure mandates.

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