Bachar Hakim
Director and Chief Technical Officer for Roads, Airports and Ports Infrastructure at AECOM.
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Name in Arabic:
بشار حكيم
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Nationality:
Syrian
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Country of Residence:
United Kingdom
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Bachar Hakim's Bio
Syrian civil engineer.
He has been the Director and Technical Director of Roads, Airports, and Ports Infrastructure at AECOM since 2015 in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the workshop management team at the Ambassador Conference for the Development of Higher Education in Syria, and a visiting lecturer at the Universities of Nottingham and Leeds.
He is also a Chartered Engineer from the Engineering Council of Great Britain, a Fellow Member of the Society of Civil Engineers and the Society of Road and Transport Engineers, a Representative of the Society of British Consulting Engineers to the Road Infrastructure Communication Group, and a Founding Member of the Syrian-British Society for the Built Environment.
He served as Director of Road Asset Management at AECOM, Head of Pavement Design and Asset Management at the same company, and President of the Association of Road and Transport Engineers (AHTE) for the Central Region in the United Kingdom.
He also held several positions, including:
- Head of Paving and Materials Consulting at URS.
- Chairman of the Midlands Branch of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transport.
- Vice Chairman of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transport in the Midlands.
- Artistic Director at Scott Wilson.
- Researcher at Liverpool John Moores University.
- Civil Engineer at the Syrian Ministry of Local Administration.
He has designed and managed more than 50 projects across Europe and has more than 50 scientific publications in the field of civil engineering research.
Winner of the William Webb Award from the Association of British Engineers.
He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Liverpool John Moores University in the UK in 1997, a Master's degree in Concrete Technology and Construction Management from the University of Dundee in the UK in 1992, a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Aleppo in 1985, a Certificate in Professional Management from Reed Business School in 2005, a Diploma in Management from the Chartered Management Institute, and a Certificate in Construction Skills in 2010.




