Imad Feghali

Trustee and Board Member:: 2023 to present (expires 2027)

Current employment:  Jacobs - Senior Vice President

Education:     BS Civil Engineering, Universite Saint Joseph, Lebanon

MS Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA

MS Engineering Management, Cal Poly Pomona, CA, USA

MBA General Management, INSEAD, France

Affiliations:   N/A

Languages:  Arabic, French English

Bio: Imad Feghali is the Senior Vice President and General Manager, Americas West for Jacobs (www.jacobs.com).  He is responsible for the operations of the consulting, engineering, construction management and project management business of Jacobs in the Western part of the US, a $1B business in revenue with more than 3500 professionals located in 17 States.

Imad joined Jacobs 22 years ago as a Civil Engineer in the firm’s San Jose (Northern California) Office.  He later transferred to Southern California where he led for 9 years several infrastructure projects and managed key clients’ accounts.  In 2011, he relocated to the United Arab Emirates where he managed for a period of 3 years the delivery of large programs and projects before taking on number of leadership positions in different markets across the Middle East (UAE, Qatar, KSA & Bahrain) and Asia Pacific.  From 2014 to 2021, he led the Solutions and Technology team across the Middle East, managed the operations and sales of the company’s water sector in the Middle East and India, then oversaw the growth strategy and new business opportunities across the Middle East and Asia Pacific, and prior to taking on his current role, he was the Vice President and Regional Director for the Middle East business, a 1500-person operation with a revenue of more than $250M.

Imad also serves on the board of Jasara (www.jasarapmc.com), a JV company between Jacobs, Aramco and the Public Investment Fund, headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that specializes in the delivery of large buildings and infrastructure projects and programs.

Imad lives in Tustin with his wife Laura and two boys, Elie and Anthony, who are currently attending iSchoolOC.