A focus on project leadership, Dubai
August 2010Kentz Executive Diploma in Leadership & Management (EDipLM) Set 5 were in Dubai for the Essentials of Project Management workshop, July 26 – 30, 2010 held at the Holiday Inn Al-Barsha.

Pictured are Michael O’Connell, Narendra Likhe, Arno Cilliers, Tom Dee, Avigail Biswah-Ramdass, Jonathan Espach, Manikandan Nagarajan, David Moroney, Conan Edwards, Larisa Pozdnyakova, Mal Nichols, GavinBaillie, Gwen Gannon (Group HR Manager), David Hannaway, Eric Sandelands (CLC) and Hugh O’Donnell (CEO).
A team of Kentz senior managers from around the world delivered keynote sessions on the major aspects of Kentz business and management of projects. The themes explored were:
- MadhuPillai – Project Management, Estimating & Proposals;
- Kaushik Sampat – Finance;
- Donal Dempsey – Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC);
- Joe Walsh – Procurement;
- Adrian Griffin – Risk Management, Contract & Commercial Management;
- Eoin Hurley – Construction Management;
- Takis Karallis – HSE;
- James Cassin – QA-QC;
- Rory O’Donnell – Business Development;
- Joe Cassin – Planning & Scheduling;
- Hugh O’Donnell – Client Relations.

Pictured above: Eoin Hurley, Takis Karallis and Adrian Griffin preparing to make a presentation with Manikandan Nagarajan in the foreground.

Pictured: Madhu Pillai in discussion with Gavin Baillie.
In addition to presenting the Client Relations module, Dr Hugh O’Donnell, Kentz CEO spent time refining the live research project being undertaken by each associate. For the associates, the workshop was the final one on the course, and the focus is on completing and successfully graduating.









