Shahzad Nasim

Group executive chairman, Meinhardt Group

 

Meinhardt Group boss Shahzad Nasim is an award-winning engineer with an eye on worldwide expansion

After graduating with a master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Singapore in 1976, Dr Shahzad Nasim joined engineering services firm Bylander Meinhardt two years later and rose through the ranks to becoming managing director. The professional structural engineer oversaw the co-ordination of multi-disciplinary teams, and the design and construction of complex projects undertaken by the company.

Dr Nasim raised adequate capital to acquire the company from its Australian owners in 2010, subsequently shifting its centre of operations from Melbourne to Singapore. These days, as executive chairman of Meinhardt Group, he steers the company’s strategic direction and global business expansion, while his son Omar helms the firm as group CEO. Dr Nasim has established the Meinhardt brand in Southeast Asia, China and the Middle East; Meinhardt Group recently voiced its commitment to work closely with the Saudi Arabian government within the framework of the kingdom’s Vision 2030, an initiative centred on economic diversification.

In Singapore, the firm’s projects include the Marina Bay Financial Centre, The Sail @ Marina Bay, One Raffles Quay and One Raffles Place.

Dr Nasim has been involved in various construction-related professional and statutory boards related to the construction industry. Among other positions, he was a board member of the Building and Construction Authority from 2001 to 2005, and a member of the Ministry of National Development’s Economic Strategies Committee (Land Use Sub-Committee) from 2009 to 2010. He has also served on the advisory committees of educational institutions such as the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University.

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Awards


2015

Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award (National University of Singapore)

2014

Distinguished Professional Engineer Award (Professional Engineering Board)

2012

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Engineering) Award

2006

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz Medal of Excellence (Government of Pakistan)

2004

Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Rotary-ASME Singapore)

Did You Know?


Meinhardt Group provided engineering services on Dubai’s 83-storey Ocean Heights supertall residential skyscraper, and The Dubai Mall, the second-largest mall in the world by total land area after the Iran Mall.

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