Governance

FIDIC Academy is governed in terms of course content, learning and development activities and operations by the FIDIC Academy Senate, which reports to the FIDIC Board.

The subjects covered within FIDIC Academy include, among others, contracts, FIDIC’s core values (sustainability, integrity, and quality) and other best business practice subjects in line with FIDIC’s objectives. Each subject area shall be defined as a discipline contained within one of the three FIDIC Academy Faculties: Contracts, FIDIC Values and Business Practice.

Senate members and Academy reviewers come from a wide array of professionals in the global infrastructure sector. The Senate and each of the faculties  operate through a Terms of Reference, which shall be reviewed. periodically by the Senate along with curricula of the Academy. 

Senate

The Senate is responsible for regulating and overseeing FIDIC Academy’s course content, learning and development activities and operations. The Senate reports to the FIDIC Board through its Chancellor. Senate members include the Dean of the FBOK Forum and the Deans of the Faculties of Contracts, Business Practice and FIDIC Values.

Chris Cole

Chancellor

FIDIC Board Member

Chris Seppala

Dean of Faculty of Contracts

Jose Ortiz-Garcia

Dean of Faculty of Business Practice

Anne Kerr

Dean of Faculty of FIDIC Values

Kourosh Kayvani

Senate Member

Daduna Kokhreidze

Senate Member

Academy Reviewers

The Academy Reviewers within the three faculties are responsible for formulating, editing, maintaining and updating the detailed subject matters and learning outcomes of their disciplines, and for guiding the FIDIC Academy Management Team in ensuring course content provided by the trainers match that information.

Abdel Moniem

Head of Use of FIDIC Contracts

Nina Tsaturova

Head of Contract Principles

Javier Sanchez Llopes

Head of Dispute Avoidance & Resolution

Joanne Carmichael

Head of Leadership

Michael Walker

Head of Project Management

Dilek Macit

Head of Project Procurement and Project Finance

Jeshika Moonsamy

Head of Sustainability Management

Christopher Bird

Head of Risk Management

FIDIC Academy Management Team

The FIDIC Academy Management team oversees the day to day running of the Academy and reports to the Senate. 

Michael Broadley

General Manager

Silvia Fossati

Training Manager

Andrea Sehic

Senior Advisor

Chanel Holder

Senior Training Executive

Samuel Mwamsamali

Samuel Mwamsamali

Regional Manager, Africa

Elia

Coordinator