PHILADELPHIA, March 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today the addition of Imad B. Ghantous, PE, as the firm’s Senior Vice President, International Business Development. Mr. Ghantous will be based out of the firm’s Dubai office.
During his 35-year career in the engineering and construction industry, Mr. Ghantous most recently served as Regional Director of Operations, EMEA, at International Bechtel Co. Ltd. He previously worked for AECOM as a Senior Vice President & Managing Director with responsibility for the Buildings and Places and Project Management, MENA. Mr. Ghantous was also the Managing Director for the Property sector at Hyder Consulting Engineers (Arcadis), Director of Operations for MENA at WS Atkins and Partners Overseas, a Principal at Perkins+Will and an Associate Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
“We are excited to add a professional of this caliber to our organization,” said Hill’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, Paul Evans. “He is an established performer who will help drive growth, generate revenue and contract margins in our international markets.”
A registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania, Mr. Ghantous earned a Bachelor’s Degree in civil engineering from the University of London, and a Master’s Degree and an Engineer’s Degree in construction and project management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Ghantous also attended courses in Macro and Micro Economics and Financial Accounting at Harvard University. In addition to being an Associate with the American Association of Civil Engineers and Institute of Civil Engineers (England), he is a member of the American Association of Cost Engineers, Society of American Cost Engineers, Project Management Institute, Association of Engineers (Lebanon) and the Institute of Civil Engineers (Kuwait).
Hill International, with more than 3,000 professionals in more than 50 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management and other consulting services to clients in a variety of market sectors. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as the eighth-largest construction management firm in the United States. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com.
