renaissance is a leading global engineering and construction contractor primarily focused on infrastructure, industrial and high-end commercial projects in the Middle East, Africa, and the United States. renaissance Construction also develops and invests in concessions, and holds a building materials, facility management and equipment services portfolio. The Group has consistently ranked among the world’s top contractors and is dual listed in the KSA and Egypt.
Aimed at delivering top and bottom line shareholder value led by a committment to excellence, safety and the environment.
Chairman — Non-Executive Director
Mr. Jérôme Guiraud graduated from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in 1984 (HEC Paris).
He started his career at the French Embassy in Zagreb (Croatia) in 1985 as Deputy to the Commercial Attaché. He joined the Société Générale group in 1986, and held multiple senior managing positions in Europe and in emerging countries, mainly on capital markets, before becoming Country Manager and Director of various Société Générale Group’s listed and non-listed subsidiaries.
Mr. Guiraud joined NNS Group in 2008. He is currently Executive Chairman and CEO of NNS Ltd and a director of various non-listed NNS Group entities.
He is also Director and Member of the Audit and the Nomination Committees of OCI.NV (a leading fertilizer company listed on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange) and a Board member of BESIX Group.
Chief Executive Officer — Executive Director
Mr. Osama Bishai joined Orascom in 1985, and currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Orascom Construction PLC.
He has been the Managing Director of the construction business since 1998. Mr. Bishai played a key role in developing the construction business, particularly in the cement, infrastructure and industrial sectors, and led the development of OCI N.V.’s investments in the fertilizer industry in Egypt, Algeria, and the US.
Mr. Bishai currently spearheads the Group’s efforts to create a long-term concession portfolio and is leading the growth of the US business.
Mr. Bishai is a board member of BESIX Group. He holds a BSc. in Structural Engineering from Cairo University and a Construction Management Diploma from the American University in Cairo.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Johan Beerlandt is the Chairman of BESIX Group and former Chief Executive Officer from 2004 to 2017. He oversaw the transformation of the business into a major regional player in Europe and the Middle East.
In 2004, Mr. Beerlandt was instrumental in the 50-50 leveraged management buyout of the BESIX holding company executed by BESIX management and Orascom.
Mr. Beerlandt brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in regional and international construction and concessions markets to the Board.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Sami Haddad has decades of experience in both the private and public sectors, specifically in finance, politics and academia.
Mr. Haddad worked for the International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group, for more than 20 years in a variety of positions including Cairo-based Director of the MENA region. In 2005, he became Minister of Economy and Trade in Lebanon, a position which he held for three years. Mr. Haddad was also General Manager of Byblos Bank from 2008 to 2014. He was Chairman of Inventis, a management consulting company until 2020.
Mr. Haddad holds an MA in economics from the American University in Beirut and pursued his postgraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms. Nada Shousha is a seasoned executive in the financial services, investment, and economic development sectors.
She currently holds positions on various Boards, including Vice Chair and Investment Committee Member of the Egyptian American Enterprise Fund, Board Member and Chair of the Governance Committee of Arab Investment Bank (Egypt), Board and Audit Committee Member of AXA (Egypt), and member of the Investment Committee of Sawari Ventures.
Ms. Shousha was most recently the Regional Manager for Egypt, Libya and Yemen for the IFC, which she joined in 2002. During her tenure, Egypt’s IFC program increased from a USD 50-75 million annual program to an annual average of USD 250+ million. In particular, she led IFC’s counter-cyclical strategy post-Arab Spring, which focused on restoring confidence in the country’s private sector and resulted in over USD 1 billion of new investments in the country over 2012 to 2014.
Prior to joining IFC, Ms. Shousha was a manager in the corporate finance practice at Arthur Andersen.
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Sliwinski serves as Chief Investment Officer at NNS Advisers, the London-based advisory office of the Nassef Sawiris family.
Prior to joining the NNS Group in 2018, Mr. Sliwinski spent twelve years at Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited. He was responsible for managing a multi-strategy portfolio consisting of positions across the capital structure including in listed and non-listed equities and in various types of credit instruments. His investment experience covers numerous sectors ranging from real estate, TMT, energy, aerospace & defense, heavy industrials and chemicals.
He also has served on the boards of numerous companies, including on three publicly listed entities in the real estate, steel, and finance sectors.
Between 2001 and 2004, Mr. Sliwinski was an investment banking analyst at Merrill Lynch within the Corporate Finance division with a focus on the technology, media and telecom sectors.
Mr. Sliwinski obtained his B.Sc. in Economics from University College London (UK) in 2001, and his MBA from Wharton (USA) in 2006.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Renad Younes is a partner with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and serves as the Abu Dhabi Partner in Charge.
Ms. Younes advises corporations, financial institutions and governments on local and international M&A transactions and projects that cover a wide range of sectors, including energy and infrastructure. Her deep sector and industry knowledge combined with her M&A, equity and debt offerings, and project development experience also enable her to lead a wide array of complex transactions across several sectors such as renewables, transitional energy, upstream, midstream, downstream and LNG.
Ms. Younes is listed and top ranked by Chambers and Legal 500 in both M&A and energy categories, and is listed in the “Hall of Fame” (the only lawyer listed in that category) for UAE Oil, Gas and Natural Resources by Legal 500 EMEA 2022. She was also named on IFLR 1000’s Women Leaders 2022 list of “highly regarded” lawyers worldwide.
