Riad Kamal

Riad Kamal is the Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Arabtec Construction.

Riad Kamal graduated as a Civil Engineer from the Imperial College of London University and holds a Masters degree from the same college in Structural Engineering. In 1974 Riad Kamal started the Arab Technical Construction Company which he took public, as Arabtec Holding, thirty years later to become the first private company to become public in the UAE. Arabtec has constructed many world class developments, most notably Burj Khalifa. Riad Kamal is a Board member of; Arab National Bank (KSA), Gulf Capital (Abu Dhabi), Arabia Insurance (Lebanon), Turkland Bank (Istanbul). He also serves on the Board of Trustees of The American University of Beirut.