Philippe Dessoy

Company: Six Construct (Besix) 
Position: Middle East general manager

Philippe Dessoy is the Middle East general manager at one of the world’s largest contracting companies, Belgium’s Besix. Through the local Six Construct, also known as Sixco, Dessoy has participated in some of the most exciting projects in the region and has been instrumental in the company’s expansion.

Projects he has been involved in include the world’s tallest tower, Burj Khalifa, for which Sixco was part of a joint venture with the UAE’s Arabtec and South Korea’s Samsung C&T. Dessoy joined Besix in 1989 in the Belgian head office and moved to Dubai in September 1992 to take charge of the tender department for GCC operations.

From here he was promoted to deputy general manager of Six Construct in 2003, and then to general manager in June 2007. Prior to joining Besix, Dessoy spent four years in Cairo on the first two phases of that city’s metro project, working for France’s CGEE Alstom and Spie Batignolles. He has a degree in civil engineering from the University of Brussels in Belgium.

Website: www.sixconstruct.com
Tel: (+971) 4 347 2777