In collaboration with :
Supported by :
OPEN’s Foundation Committee was established in mid of 2016
and requested the approval of OSE to form OPEN, approval was granted in Nov
2016. Subsequently IET, IMechE, ICE, IChemE, IStructE, RICS, RIBA were
requested to sponsor OPEN. DIT/British Embassy Muscat played a significant role
in securing the consent of these PIs to collaborate with/support OPEN. That
process was completed in Nov 2017, and then RTPI was requested and agreed to
support OPEN as well. This was followed by forming OPEN’s first steering
committee and inaugurating OPEN in Feb 2018. The steering committee was
restructured in Feb 2020 and mid of 2021.
Mr Abdul Kareem Al Balushi CEng MICE,
Head, Integrated Hazardous Waste Management, Oman Environmental Services Holding Company, be’ah
(OPEN’s Chairperson)
Mrs Siham Al Harthi BSc MBA,
Director General,
Real Estate Development
Mrs May Al Hinai RIBA BA MA MSc,
Senior Architect
Yiti Tourism Development Company
Country Representative of RIBA
Mr Scott Blackhurst CEng FIStructE FICE,
Project Director
Sohar International, Head Office
Prof Eugene Coyle CEng FIEI FIET FEI FIMarEST CRAeS CMgr FCMI MCIBSE MIEEE,
Dean,
Military Technological College
Mr Damodar Katti FIHE MIET MIEI,
Managing Director,
Design Group Engineering Consultants
(OPEN’s Treasurer)
Mr Sreejith Kesavan CEng MCIOB MIMechE,
Business Development & Proposals Manager,
TOCO
Oman Country Representative of IMechE
Mrs Nadia Maqbool BArch DipArch RIBA,
Architect and Founder,
23 Degrees North
Mr Simon Montague MRTPI ISOCARP,
Technical Manager,
ONSS, Atkins
Oman Country Representative of RTPI
Dr Sadiq Muscati CEng FICE CMgr FCMI,
Vice Chairman,
Design Group Engineering Consultants
ICE Representative for Oman
Dr Elizabeth Salter CEng FIChemE,
Partners in Safety Programme Manager,
Shell Trading and Shipping Company
Congress Member of IChemE
(OPEN’s Secretary General)
Mr Adaan Shaaban MRICS,
Principal,
Daan Shaaban Office – Chartered QSs
Prof Joseph Tatler CEng FIMechE FRAeS FHEA,
Former Professional Development Coordinator,
Oman LNG
Miss Areej Al Bulushi BEng MSc,
Technical Safety Engineer,
PDO
(OPEN's Event Manager)
Miss Afnan Shukri BSc MSc,
Former IT Coordinator and Moodle Administrator,
Muscat University
(OPEN's Website Manager)
Miss Haya Al Bulushi BA Arch,
MArch Student,
University of Edinburgh
(OPEN's Assistant Website Manager)
