RICS News

New WRB Chair Appointed in the Middle East and Africa

11 January 2024

We are pleased to announce a newly appointed Chair of the Middle East and Africa World Regional Board (MEA WRB) and Member of the Membership Services Committee (MSC), Haroon Niazi FRICS.

Haroon Niazi FRICS

Partner, Construction Claims and Expert Lead, EMEA, HKA Global

Haroon is a chartered quantity surveyor with more than 18 years of experience in the construction industry and is Partner, Construction, Claims and Expert Services Lead, EMEA at HKA.

The main purpose of the World Regional Board is to deliver the agreed RICS strategy at world regional level by overseeing plans and allocating resources to the nations within that region. Read more about RICS Boards.

We would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the previous MEA WRB Chair, Chris Seymour FRICS, for the valuable contribution that he has made during his period of appointment. Chris has now taken his seat, on Governing Council, representing the Middle East & Africa.

Alongside Chris, the appointment panel was led by Nick Maclean FRICS, who was then Interim Chair of MSC at the time of the recruitment and is now Senior Vice President. The third member of the panel was Betty Kanyagia, an Independent Recruitment Panellist. With special thanks to Nick, Chris and Betty for their time and commitment, in this recruitment campaign.

With the new MEA WRB Chair now identified, the process to recruit new members of the MEA WRB will recommence. RICS will be launching the application process for new members of Regional Advisory Boards in both the UAE and Africa’s in 2024. Further Board Opportunities can be found here and for any questions, please contact Laura Waind.

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