Sherif Badr is a senior project, programme, and portfolio management professional with more than 25 years of experience leading the delivery of complex built, infrastructure and environmental projects across the GCC and MiddleEast region.
He currently serves as Regional Director at KEO International Consultants, where he leads infrastructure operations across Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain, while also supporting selected operations and strategic initiatives in the UAE and Portugal. In this role, he oversees multidisciplinary teams responsible for major public and private sector developments and provides strategic directions across project delivery, commercial performance, business development, resource planning, and client relationship management.
Throughout his career, Sherif has held progressively senior leadership positions, managing projects and programmes from inception through planning, design, procurement, construction, and completion. His experience spans transportation, utilities, public realm, buildings, master planning, landscape, and large-scale development programmes.
He regularly advises clients and executive leadership on project governance, procurement strategies, programme recovery, contract administration, stakeholder engagement, commercial risk management, and complex delivery challenges. His leadership approach focuses on balancing technical excellence, commercial performance, effective collaboration, and the creation of long-term value for clients and communities.
Sherif holds a degree in Architectural Engineering and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), APMP Practitioner, and Value Methodology Associate (VMA). He is committed to developing high-performing teams, strengthening client partnerships, and advancing professional standards across the project management and infrastructure sectors.