Selected Experience
Experience behind the advice.
Across their careers, the CLS Advisory team have led, governed and advised major infrastructure programmes, businesses and investments across international markets. The experience below represents a selected view of the scale, complexity and responsibility that sits behind our advice.
SAUDI ARABIA · URBAN MOBILITY
Riyadh Metro - Package 3
Executive governance of a multinational consortium delivering one of the world’s largest urban mobility programmes, with an approximate final value of USD 7.9 billion.
USD 7.9bn
Approximate final programme value of Riyadh Metro Package 3, covering Lines 4, 5 and 6.
Executive governance
Board-level oversight across consortium governance, programme controls, commercial performance and risk.
Complex delivery
Leadership across complex interfaces involving government stakeholders, international partners and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
QATAR · HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
Orbital Highway - Contract 2
Executive responsibility for contractor delivery of a QAR 4.4 billion design-and-build highway project in Qatar, involving major earthworks, structures, utilities and traffic management.
QAR 4.4bn
Design-and-build value of Orbital Highway Contract 2, one of Qatar’s major highway infrastructure projects.
5,750 people
Approximately 750 staff and 5,000 workforce managed across the project delivery organisation.
Delivery leadership
Responsibility across structures, utilities, traffic management and complex project delivery.
QATAR · URBAN RAIL
Doha Metro - Red Line South
Senior executive leadership within an international joint venture delivering a major section of Doha’s metro network, with responsibility spanning governance, commercial oversight and public-client engagement.
International JV
Executive leadership within a multinational joint venture delivering a major section of Doha’s metro network.
Public-client interface
Engagement with Qatar Rail, international partners, designers, suppliers and local stakeholders.
Complex interfaces
Coordination across international contractors, designers, suppliers and local delivery stakeholders.
SPAIN · URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
Ronda de Dalt - Barcelona
Senior leadership on a major urban infrastructure programme that transformed mobility across Barcelona while reconnecting neighbourhoods previously divided by transport corridors.
City transformation
Infrastructure designed not only to improve mobility, but to reconnect communities and reshape the surrounding urban environment.
Olympic-era infrastructure
A cornerstone of Barcelona’s transport transformation ahead of the 1992 Olympic Games.
Complex urban delivery
Delivery in a constrained city environment involving structures, utilities, traffic-sensitive phasing and close coordination with public authorities.
QATAR · COMMERCIAL RECOVERY
Dukhan Highway East Commercial Recovery
Commercial and operational recovery of a major highway programme, combining contract restructuring, executive intervention and disciplined project controls to restore performance and profitability.
QAR 180m+
Profit achieved in the first year following the commercial and operational turnaround, after five consecutive loss-making years.
Contract restructuring
Converted a major highway-related contract to a Cost-Plus basis, materially reducing commercial and delivery risk.
Recovery under pressure
Rapid intervention across production, cash flow, subcontractors, claims and contractual exposure while maintaining delivery obligations.
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE LEADERSHIP
Leadership Across International Markets
Senior executive, board and advisory leadership across major infrastructure businesses and programmes spanning Europe, the Middle East, Africa and international markets.
Executive leadership
Decades of senior responsibility across major infrastructure businesses, projects and multidisciplinary organisations.
2,500 people
Scale of the multidisciplinary Petroserv organisation led in Qatar across infrastructure, utilities, buildings, oil and gas, and facilities management.
QAR 1.8bn+
New contracts secured during the leadership period while strengthening project controls, ERP, performance reporting and accountability.
SAUDI ARABIA · SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE
Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Stadium - Qiddiya
Contracts management on a landmark major stadium development in Qiddiya, supporting the commercial and contractual management of a complex, large-scale delivery programme.
SAR 15.0bn
Management contract value for the Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Stadium development at Qiddiya.
Contracts management
Contract administration, commercial oversight, change management and contractual coordination across a major multidisciplinary programme.
Complex delivery
Management of contractual interfaces, risk, claims and stakeholder requirements within a high-value, technically complex project environment.
SAUDI ARABIA · TUNNELLING INFRASTRUCTURE
NEOM Mountain Running Tunnels
Contracts management on a major tunnelling programme within NEOM, involving extensive underground works and complex interfaces across a technically demanding delivery environment.
SAR 10.54bn
Contract value for Lots 2 and 3 of the NEOM Mountain Running Tunnels programme.
35 km twin tunnels
Extensive drill-and-blast tunnelling works incorporating four adits and three major vertical shafts.
Contract & risk management
Commercial and contractual management across complex interfaces, change, claims and delivery risk on a major multidisciplinary programme.
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