“AMEC’s people are our most important asset. It is the skills of our people that our customers value; in particular, our ability to deliver complex projects safely, on time and on budget.”

Samir Brikho, Chief Executive

Group Management Team

Our management team come from many different backgrounds but approach their work with real energy and passion, bringing vital experience to our operations.

As at 14 February 2013

Chief Executive

Samir was appointed Chief Executive on 1 October 2006.

Prior to joining AMEC, Samir was a member of the group executive committee of ABB Ltd., Switzerland, Head of the Power Systems Division and Chairman of ABB Lummus Global, ABB’s international projects and services business. Samir holds an engineering degree, a Master of Science in Thermal Technology from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, and completed the YMP Program at INSEAD in France in 1991. In 2000 he also completed a senior executive programme in Stanford, US.

External appointments
Samir is a member of the advisory board of Stena AB. He is co-chair of the UK-UAE CEO Forum, a member of the steering committee of the UK-Korea Forum for the Future, a director of the United Kingdom –Japan 21st Century Group, has an advisory board role on the School of Oriental and African Studies and is a UK Business Ambassador. He is Chairman of the Step Change Charity.
Samir was appointed as an independent non-executive director of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) at their Annual General Meeting held on 21 March 2013.

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