Javid Khaliq

C-Suite Director, Advisor and Major Programme/Program Director

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

About

Javid is a Bachelor of Civil Engineering with a Masters of Business Administration and is a Chartered Engineer with over 34 years experience in a variety of industries especially in, retail development and delivery electricity, HV transmission, telecommunications, broadcasting and civil engineering. He has held a number of senior operational and commercial positions across these sectors and has extensive experience in overseas working. #RealEstateDevelopment #LuxuryLiving #UrbanPlanning #Infrastructure #ProjectDelivery #Sustainability

Experience

  • Chief Delivery Officer at ARDARA
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Mace (5 yrs 6 mos)
    • Program Director
      Mar 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Javid, as the Programme Delivery Director for the Qiddiya programme under Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, is tasked with overseeing the project's successful delivery, which aims to establish itself as the benchmark for entertainment in the Kingdom. A multi-billion dollar budget, Javid's primary objective is to provide comprehensive program and project management support, including the coordination of resources, systems, tools, policies, and processes. In his role as the Delivery Partner, Javid is providing all necessary services to ensure Qiddiya meets its project requirements in terms of programme, quality, and costs.

    • Head of Infrastructure
      Feb 2023 - Sep 2023 · 8 mos

      The Qiddiya project is one of the tourism mega-projects to be established in Saudi Arabia under the Saudi Vision 2030. Mace is supporting Qiddiya Investment Company as their Delivery Partner.

    • Business Unit Director
      Aug 2019 - Feb 2023 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Javid is responsible for growing and developing a high-performing team that leverages Mace’s global capabilities, innovation and best practice to deliver tangible results and performance improvement to the whole spectrum of utilities and energy clients. In particular, developing the UK energy and utilities business, supporting both project and programme management opportunities and wider delivery partner roles with major organisations. He’ll also be leading on expanding into new sectors for Mace, namely solar, wind, tidal and other low carbon sources of energy.

  • Business Director, Network & Energy at Arcadis
    May 2017 - Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Leading the UK T&D sector focused on building sustainable long-term relationships with our clients. This is achieved through building high performing teams which leverage Arcadis’ global capability to bring innovation and best practice to our clients, to deliver tangible results and performance improvement. Engineering Projects particularly in Power Network T&D and HVDC subsea Interconnectors. Setting standards to achieving excellence in Engineering and developments of key innovations in work winning strategies.

  • Director, Transmission at Parsons Brinckerhoff Ltd
    Jan 2011 - Apr 2017 · 6 yrs 4 mos

  • Director, Transmission at WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff in the UK
    2014 – 2016