Corporate Governance

The Board Members

Abather Al-Juboori

Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer

Mr. Al Juboori’s leadership has led AWI’s remarkable success over the past 16 years. His commitment to our motto of “rebuilding Iraq one project at a time,” and his drive for excellence have positioned AWI among the top construction and contracting companies in Iraq.

Mr. Al-Juboori established domestic and international partnerships, serving both commercial and government sectors.

Mr. Al-Juboori directs the strategic planning of AWI, focusing on developing new and existing markets as well as relationships with clients and strategic partners aimed at rebuilding Iraq.

Mr. Al-Juboori graduated Masters of Laws, Major in International Business from Sorbonne-Assas International Law School, Université Pantheon Assas (Paris II), Summa Cum Laude.

Evan Weiss

President

Mr. Weiss joined AWI as President in January 2013. Since joining AWI, Mr. Weiss has focused on shaping the company’s culture of safety, integrity and performance and has led the growth and development of the company’s internal and external operations to meet the growing demands of our markets and customers.

Prior to joining AWI, Mr. Weiss was the President of Transfield Services, US Resources and Energy business, where he reorganized the business and completed the acquisition of Steier Oilfield Service in North Dakota. Prior to working for Transfield, Mr. Weiss spent 22 years with Day & Zimmermann and its affiliated subsidiaries and JV’s.

With over 31 years’ experience, Mr. Weiss has led businesses serving government and commercial customers in the US and international arenas. His experience covers a wide spectrum of services ranging from oil well construction, refinery maintenance, turnarounds, biotech engineering and construction to security and logistics services in the US, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Khaled Dahawy

Independent Board Member

Khaled Dahawy is an AWI board member as of January 20th, 2022. He brings true expertise and a proven track record in accounting and auditing to the board. Mr. Dahawy is an executive partner at Mohamed Dahawy and Company and is a Professor of Accounting at The American University in Cairo. Prior to this role, Mr. Dahawy was the Head of the Audit Committee at the Egyptian Post Office. Mr. Dahawy has work experience of over thirty years, including a variety of auditor, manager, board, and executive positions. He served on the Board of Directors for the Egyptian Post Office from 2013-2014, and has been called on as a consultant to the United Nations Conference on Trade Development and to the World Bank. In addition to his professional experience, Mr. Dahawy has academic work experience of over 25 years, including professor, director, and chairman roles.

Gamal Fathy

Independent Board Member

Gamal Fathy Mohamed Abdel-Fattah is an AWI board member as of January 20th, 2022. He brings a close familiarity with the petroleum industry and a proven track record of excellence in HSE to the board. Mr. Abdel-Fattah is the CEO’s Assistant on HSE for Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). In this role, he directs all HSE leaders across the organization and oversees HSE activities and performance for all companies under the umbrella of EGPC. Prior to this role, Mr. Abdel-Fattah was the HSE General Manager for Rashid Petroleum Company. He has over 20 years of management experience and over 35 years of total work experience in the chemical and petroleum industries.

Ayman Elkousey

Independent Board Member

Ayman Elkousey is a highly skilled business leader with more than 30 years of progressive professional experience in real estate development, investment management, asset management, project/program development and management. He has wide-ranging operational and executive leadership experience globally.

Mr. Elkousey brings to AWI board expertise on strategy development and implementation. He has extensive background on organizational structuring and reengineering, business development and contracting strategy, arbitration, and legal risk management.

Prior to joining the AWI Board, he served various C-level / executive positions for Ajlan Bros Investment, Orascom Investment Holdings, Qatari Diar, Dar Al ArKan, Emaar Egypt, Citadel Group, Tuner International, Kharafi Group, and Orascom.

Mr. Elkousey holds a master’s of since degree on civil Engineering from Ain Shams University and earned MBA units from University of Edinburgh Business School. For his bachelor’s degree, he graduated BE on Civil Engineering from Ain Shams University.

The Board Roles

The main role of the board is mainly to direct and control. The board’s key purpose “is to ensure the company’s prosperity by collectively directing the company’s affairs, while meeting the appropriate interests of its shareholders and relevant stakeholders” (Standards for the Board, IoD). AWI ambition is to become a worldwide publicly traded conglomerate as the highest leadership body of the company and to satisfy its fiduciary duties, the board is responsible for:

Determining the mission and purpose of the group
Selecting and evaluating the performance of the CEO
Strategic and organizational planning
Ensuring strong fiduciary oversight and financial management
Financing and resource development
Approving and monitoring AWI corporate programs and services
Enhancing AWI public image
Assessing its own performance as the governing body of the company