Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Senior HSE Manager and Crowd Safety Specialist with extensive GCC experience delivering health, safety, risk management, and operational leadership across major live events, VVIP operations, and complex mass gathering environments throughout the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. Trusted by clients, operators, and government stakeholders to lead safety strategy for high-profile events where operational control, crowd safety, emergency planning, and stakeholder coordination are critical to successful delivery. Extensive experience across government ceremonies, international sporting events, festivals, corporate forums, and high-security live environments involving senior leadership and complex operational demands. Specialist expertise includes Event Safety Management Plans (ESMPs), crowd management and capacity planning, emergency evacuation strategy, live event operations, multi-agency coordination, contractor management, and operational risk control across multi-site and high-pressure environments. Recent key projects include Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix, Dubai Metro Blue Line Launch Ceremony, Diriyah Events & Entertainment, Manar Abu Dhabi, Mubadala Employee Forum, Hans Zimmer Live, Arabian Horse Championships, and multiple VVIP government and royal events across the GCC. Operating at both strategic and live-event delivery level, with a strong focus on building practical safety systems, leading teams under pressure, and ensuring safe event delivery from planning through to demobilisation.
Providing independent senior HSE consultancy across live events, crowd safety, VVIP operations, and strategic event safety leadership throughout the GCC, supporting clients with high-risk, high-profile, and operationally complex event environments. Specialising in Event Safety Management Plans (ESMPs), crowd management, emergency evacuation planning, operational risk control, regulatory compliance, and multi-agency coordination for government ceremonies, international sporting events, festivals, exhibitions, and corporate events. Engaged by clients to provide strategic HSE advice, operational leadership, and specialist support for projects requiring strong safety governance, stakeholder confidence, and effective delivery under pressure, from initial planning through to live operations and demobilisation.
Delivered senior-level HSE leadership across major live events, VVIP operations, and complex mass gathering environments throughout the GCC, supporting the safe planning and delivery of high-profile public events, international sporting events, festivals, and corporate functions. Led Event Safety Management Plans (ESMPs), crowd management strategies, emergency response planning, operational risk control, and multi-agency coordination across projects involving large audiences, temporary infrastructure, high-security environments, and complex stakeholder management. Acted as the key HSE interface between event organisers, contractors, venue operators, emergency services, and government authorities, ensuring safe event delivery under demanding operational conditions across the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. Key projects included Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix, Manar Abu Dhabi, Diriyah Events & Entertainment, Dubai Metro Blue Line Launch Ceremony, Mubadala Employee Forum, Hans Zimmer Live, Arabian Horse Championships, and multiple VVIP Government and Royal events.