Stephen Venney spent a decade working for Balfour Beatty in the city

Mace鈥檚 consulting arm has promoted a project manager behind a string of high rise projects in Dubai as its new country director for the United Arab Emirates. 

Stephen Venney takes the newly created role after four years at the firm and with 17 years of experience working in the region.

Stephen Venney

Stephen Venney has been appointed as Mace as its UAE country director

Venney moved to Dubai in 2005 to take up a role as a Balfour Beatty contracts manager for almost a decade before becoming a representative for Abu Dhabi developer TDIC (Tourism Development and Investment Company).

He joined Mace as an operations director in 2016. 

At Mace, Venney has worked as the firm鈥檚 project director on One Za鈥檃beel, a pair of mixed-use towers connected by the world鈥檚 longest cantilever.

Designed by Japanese architect Nikken Sekkei, the 304m-high towers are linked by a 225-m bridge which straddles a six-lane highway. 

Other projects Mace is working on in the city include the Dubai Opera District and Ain Dubai, the world鈥檚 tallest ferris wheel.

Venney鈥檚 appointment follows the firm revealing plans to grow it鈥檚 consulting division to a 拢500m turnover within the next five years and expand its staff by 1,300.

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