Driver Trett appoints Julian Haslam-Jones as UAE country manager
Appointment comes as global construction consultancy looks to grow its operations in the Middle East
Driver Trett, a global construction consultancy, has appointed Julian Haslam-Jones as its new UAE country manager, it has been announced.
In a statement, Driver Trett said that Haslam-Jones has 20 years’ industry experience working for major clients, contractors and consulting organisations in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. During this time, he has held commercial and contract positions with operators, contractors and consultants in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Italy, Iraq, Qatar, India, Algeria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and United Arab Emirates where he has been a resident for over seven years.
This experience has enabled Haslam-Jones to become a specialist in contractual claims for time and cost, employing various forms of contracts, resulting in the successful conclusion of large value and/or complicated accounts on a wide variety of projects, the statement said.
Haslam-Jones is a great addition to the Driver Trett team, David Merritt, managing director, and head of Middle East & Asia Pacific said.
“I am delighted to welcome Julian to Driver Trett’s growing team in the Middle East. He has an outstanding reputation, and a successful track record of consistently delivering for clients across the Middle East and Africa, particularly in the oil and gas sector. I am excited to have him on board and heading up our operations in the UAE,” he added.
His experience portfolio includes many major EPC oil and gas projects in the Middle East, Asia and Europe. Other project experience includes UK Ministry of Defence projects, schools, offices, airports, independent water and power plants, it added.
Haslam-Jones has an LLM in Construction Law and Arbitration, an LLB (Hons) in Law and is a Fellow of the Chartered institute of Arbitrators.
Commenting on his appointment, he said: “I am delighted to be joining Driver Trett. I am looking forward to this next chapter of my career, and to working with many world-class consultants, experts and thought leaders in our industry.”
