Fakhr al-Shawaf

Company: Al-Bawani Company
Position: General executive manager

Fakhr al-Shawaf is the general executive manager of Saudi Arabia’s Al-Bawani Company, the construction wing and mainstay of parent firm Al-Bawani Group. The company was established in 1992 and specialises in healthcare, airports and educational facilities.

It is headquartered in Riyadh and mainly works within the kingdom. Al-Bawani also has an office in Abu Dhabi as it looks to expand its operations throughout the region. Al-Shawaf oversees the performance and progress of the whole group, and is responsible for 5,000 employees, up from 1,300 in 2009.

Al-Bawani has a backlog of SR3.5bn ($933m), with SR8bn under execution. Within the company’s current portfolio is a SR1.15bn contract to develop the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh. In joint venture with France’s Vinci Construction, it is bidding for the estimated $500m deal involving Terminal 5 at King Khalid International airport.

Website: www.albawani.net
Tel: (+961) 1 293 1137