Waqas Al Adawi

Waqas Al Adawi, the Vice Chairman of S&T Group, is a young suave leader named the 38th most influential leader in the GCC by Construction Week in their Power 100, 2018 list. He was named the ‘Male Leader of the Year’ MEED Awards 2018. Waqas spearheads the company’s thrust on continuous quality improvement, oversees its global operations, and plays a crucial role in catalyzing ambitious projects to ensure an accelerated pace of growth. He is an alumnus of Tufts University, Boston, the USA where he completed his Bachelors in Arts and soon joined his family-run company as its Director at a young age. He majored in economics, did his internship at UBS Paine Webber, USA, and managed training in Bangalore, India. To get hands-on experience, he undertook three years of onsite training in Dubai before introducing the industry process into the family business. With unparalleled passion, Waqas has been instrumental in making S&T a truly global organization expanding and diversifying from interior fit-out to civil construction, trading, IT, real estate, FMCG, ICT Healthcare, and mining. Under his leadership, S&T acquired a marble factory in Oman, which is now an independent products division and supports the company's core business.