Samir Brikho

Chief Executive

Age 50, Samir Brikho has been chief executive of AMEC plc since October 2006.

During his 20 month tenure at AMEC plc, Samir has spearheaded a strategy to realise the company vision of being a leading supplier of high value consultancy, engineering and project management services to defined market segments within the world’s energy and industrial process industries.

He was previously a member of the Group Executive Committee of ABB Ltd., Switzerland, Head of the Power Systems Division and Chairman of ABB Lummus Global.

Since 1983, Samir has held various senior management positions at ABB and Alstom in Sweden, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and France.

Born in Beirut in 1958, Samir is Lebanese by birth but his family later moved to Sweden where he holds citizenship. Samir holds a Master of Science degree in Thermal Technology from the Royal High School of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, and is also a graduate of the YMP Program from Insead, France, and the Senior Executive Program from Stanford University, US.

Samir is actively involved in working to bridge community divides in the Middle East. He is a founding member of the Palestine International Business Forum PIBF, a multi-lateral forum supported by the Swedish government to promote balanced trade and business relations between Israeli and Palestinian private sectors and the broader International business community.  Samir also sits on the advisory board of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

Samir has two children and his interests include sports and music.

AMEC plc (www.amec.com) is a focused supplier of high-value consultancy, engineering, and project management services to the world’s energy, power and process industries. With annual revenues of over £2.3 billion, AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers. AMEC's Natural Resources, Power and Process and Earth and Environmental businesses employ approximately 20,000 people in more than 30 countries globally. AMEC shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange where the company is listed in the Oil Equipment and Services sector (LSE: AMEC.L) and and is included as a member of the FTSE 100 index.