Mona Salem was recently appointed to vice president at RW Armstrong after serving many years as a senior associate. Salem runs the company’s global building design services, and manages the operations of its Middle East headquarters. She will continue to oversee delivery of design, programme and construction management, as well as building services projects throughout the MENA region.
Salem has 20 years’ experience in operations, management, engineering consulting and design in public and private sectors. She earned a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Alexandria University in Egypt, and returned to the US in 1991 to begin her professional career. After the company’s relatively humble beginnings in the UAE, it has grown its operations substantially in just a few years.
“We went from having one contract with one client to 28 contracts with nearly 20 different clients. That is something I am very proud of,” says Salem.
In just five years, RW Armstrong’s Abu Dhabi office has grown to 170 employees, and has completed, or is currently involved in, projects in Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Libya, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Current projects range from the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi and the Masdar headquarters in Masdar City to the Al Waha mixed-use development in Libya and the Pyramids Heights business park and residential township in Egypt.
Prior to joining RW Armstrong, Salem’s many roles included CEO and deputy director/chief engineer at the Department of Public Works in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2006, she moved to the UAE to help launch RW Armstrong’s Abu Dhabi operations. She is a member of the Society of Women Engineers.
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