Saeed Al Abbar

As CEO of AESG, Saeed founded and built AESG into one of the Middle East and Europe’s largest and most respected international consultancy, engineering and advisory firms.

Under Saeed’s direction, AESG has developed a strong reputation for delivering the highest quality consultancy in Environment and Sustainability, Specialist Engineering and Project Delivery Management.

Saeed is recognised as a thought leader in sustainable development, engineering and construction and has published numerous papers and presented at hundreds of local, regional and international conferences.

As well as his professional role as CEO of AESG, Saeed also served as Chairman of the Emirates Green Building Council between 2013-2020 as well as Vice Chair of the World Green Building Council MENA Network from 2011 to 2014. Saeed has been a Board Member of the World Green Building Council between 2015 – 2021 and served as part of the Board’s Executive Committee, providing leadership to the global sustainable building movement. He was awarded ‘Executive of the Year’ at the Big Project Middle East Awards and in 2021 the ‘Construction Executive of the Year’ at the Construction Week Awards.