Petrofac, an international services company that designs, builds, manages, and maintains oil, gas, refining, petrochemicals, and renewable energy infrastructure, announced that Tareq Kawash has been named the company’s Group Chief Executive and Executive Director.

The company also confirmed that Sami Iskander has left the Company and has stepped down from the Board.

“We are delighted to welcome Tareq Kawash as our new Group Chief Executive. Tareq has joined us from McDermott, where he was most recently Senior Vice President of its Global Onshore and Middle East Offshore Business Lines, and a member of McDermott’s Executive Committee. With 30 years’ international EPC leadership experience, and an impressive business development track record, Tareq is exceptionally well placed to build on the foundations laid by Sami,” Petrofac’s Non Executive Chairman René Medori said.

“I have known Petrofac throughout my career and have always admired its unique execution capability. I look forward to leading the team in the next stage of its journey back to growth and leadership in the sector, building on the excellent progress Sami has made,” Kawash said.