About

Rishi Javeri

Rishi Javeri, Project Controls Director, Abu Dhabi

A Project Controls and Programme Governance leader who turns complex programme data into clear, defensible decisions for executive leadership.

Over more than twenty years, I have led project controls across upwards of AED 37 billion of major programmes in the UAE, GCC and India — spanning aviation, rail, infrastructure, sports, hospitality and large-scale urban development. My work sits at the intersection of time, performance, risk, change and programme governance — building the controls, standards and assurance frameworks that keep major programmes predictable and decision-ready.

Today I lead the integrated controls function on Modon's AED 21B Hudayriyat West Island Development within the EllisDon PMC, reporting to the Programme Director. Across my career the throughline has been the same: impose a clear standard, measure against it relentlessly, and surface exposure early enough to manage — whether that means lifting contractor schedule quality from a quarter to over four-fifths conformance through digital assurance, or the evidence-led work on the Riyadh City programme in Abu Dhabi, where a 291-day claim was assessed in detail to an approved 64-day determination.

20+
Years in project controls
AED 37B+
Programme portfolio exposure
25+
Major programmes
15
Professionals led

Career

Two decades on major programmes.

Employer, role, major programme and scope — the environments where the capability was built.

2023 — Present
EllisDon (PMC)
Senior Project Controls Manager

Hudayriyat West Island Development (Modon) — AED 21B. Integrated controls, digital schedule assurance, forensic delay analysis across concurrent packages.

2020 — 2023
KBR (PMC)
Programme Planning Manager

Riyadh City Infrastructure Programme, Abu Dhabi, UAE — AED 13.47B. 14+2 contracts, 12 senior planners; a 291-day claim assessed to an approved 64-day determination — between the Engineer and independent-specialist assessments of 66 and 60 days.

2019 — 2020
Jacobs Mace JV
Scheduling Manager

Expo 2020 Dubai. Employer-side schedule assurance protecting a fixed opening date across interfaced packages.

2015 — 2019
Jacobs
Lead Scheduler

Dubai Metro Route 2020 (RTA) and Abu Dhabi International Airport airfield infrastructure.

2014 — 2015
H&K Solutions
Planning & Controls

Project controls engagements in India.

2012 — 2014
BAM International
Planning Engineer

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium (AED 698M) and Oman Botanical Garden (USD 117M · AED 430M) — planning, EOT and forensic claims strategy.

2011 — 2012
Sobha / Amana
Planning

Planning and controls on building programmes.

2007 — 2010
BAM International
Lead Planning Engineer

Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel & Offices, Dubai — AED 925M. Baseline management and recovery programmes.

Credentials

FCIArb↗MCIOB↗MAPM↗PMP↗PSPAssocRICSCEng (India)EPBM · IIM-C

Education

Executive Programme in Business Management
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Diploma in International Arbitration
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
BE Civil Engineering — First Class
Savitribai Phule Pune University

Professional Memberships

PMIAPMCIOBCIArbAACERICSInstitution of Engineers (India)Society of Construction LawEngineers AustraliaSociety of Engineers UAEIndian Council of ArbitrationInstitute of Technical Arbitrators

Languages

EnglishHindiGujaratiSindhiKutchiMarathiPunjabi

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