Mr. Philippe Dessoy

Graduated in the year 1983 in civil engineering from the University of Brussels, Belgium. The next year he landed a job for CGEE Alstom and Spie Batignolles on the project of the Cairo Metro (phases 1 and 2), and worked there for four years as a Site Engineer.

In 1989, he joined the BESIX Group and moved up the ranks to become Gruop General Manager in 2014. Philippe DESSOY was instrumental in expanding Six Construct’s activities in the Gulf area to where it is today. Philippe Dessoy has helped spur Six Construct into becoming one of the most competitive foreign firms in the region. Large contract wins in the last few years has helped grow the firm’s reputation, as both a single main contractor and within a joint venture. The latter includes work on the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest structure, and Cleveland Clinic in Abu Dhabi; he was in charge of all the operations of BESIX Group in the GCC, mainly Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Philippe Dessoy has been President of the European International Contractors from 2015 - 2020 ( EIC ). In November 2022, he was elected President of CICA for a term of 2 years.