Yu Tao

06 May 2013

Yu Tao is president & CEO, China State Construction Engineering Corporation, Middle East

Yu Tao

Company: China State Construction Engineering Corporation (Middle East)
Position: President and CEO

Since September 2004, Yu Tao has been the president and CEO of China State Construction Engineering Corporation (Middle East), making him fully responsible for the company’s operations in the UAE and other Gulf states.

The firm is currently working on a number of high-profile schemes in the region including the Central Bank of Kuwait’s new headquarters and Al-Hikma Tower in the UAE. Between 2007 and 2010, Tao was also vice-president for overseas operations at China State Construction Engineering. Before assuming his present position, he was based in Singapore, where he was deputy managing director of China Construction (South Pacific) Development Company between 2003 and 2004.

From 2002, Tao was a project director at that company. He has a master’s degree in science and project management from the National University of Singapore, and a degree in civil engineering from Chongqing Civil Engineering Institute in China.

Website: www.chinaconstruction.ae

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