Management

Yahya Jafar is a shareholder and a Board Director of the Uruk Group of Companies. He is a prominent Iraqi businessman; and has been actively involved in the reconstruction and development of Iraq. He has over 40 years of experience in business dealings and activities with various governmental departments and the private sector.

He is also the owner and Managing Director of Arab Technical Services Ltd, the first private sector organization in Iraq licensed to build and assemble personal computers and other electronic products. He owns and operates Al Hilal Systems Company Limited, which is licensed to develop, train and support data systems. In addition, he has several other business interests in the United Arab Emirates and Iraq. He is a graduate of Birmingham University in the United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering.

Mr. Al-Juboori is a mechanical engineer and Managing Director of Uruk in Iraq. He has led a distinguished career as a research analyst and operational leader. His breadth of experience covers nuclear energy having worked at the Iraq Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC); thermal power as General Manager of the Al Maroof Project; and numerous industrial facilities while serving in the government and private sectors. Mr. Al-Juboori is familiar with a wide range of equipment from cryogenic systems to air-gas boiler ducts and gas turbines; and this experience has honed his skills at supervising complex manufacturing and testing processes over the years. Mr. Al-Juboori gained his Master of Science degree in Machine Design & Applied Mechanics at the Cranfield Institute of Technology, Cranfield University, United Kingdom (1981).

Mr. Jawad serves as Project Control Manager at the Uruk Project Development Company in Dubai. He has had many years experience honing his skills in material controls, procurement and purchasing. He is responsible for operational management of issues such as project document and cost controls for Uruk’s power plant expansion project in Iraq. He oversees invoicing, scheduling, reports, variation requests and so on.

Prior to joining Uruk, Mr. Jawad represented companies specializing in components and systems for the conditioning, metering and control of natural gas at Gulf Valley Future, a free zone company. He has also held project control responsibilities for Cortel in Tunisia. Mr. Jawad obtained a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering from Western Michigan University, United States of America (1989).

Mr. Al-Nawab supervises all control systems for Uruk projects, having accumulated a wealth of experience in the design, implementation and maintenance of control and power boards throughout his career in Iraq and the United Arab Emirates. His range of responsibilities has included the management of electro-mechanical projects; installation of heat, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems; the design and erection of pipe networks for water, fuel and firefighting systems; and the design of complex database applications. His knowledge of turbine controls, transformers and switchgears supplement his extensive range of skills in the management of general electrical and electronic works. Mr. Al-Nawab attained his Bachelor of Science in Control and Systems Engineering from the University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq (1985).