The Middle East’s

10. Campbell Gray

Company: AtkinsRéalis
Designation: CEO - Middle East, Africa
Established: 1911
Headquarters: Global: Canada; Regional: Saudi Arabia

Between 2024 and 2025, AtkinsRéalis recycled 33,000 kilograms of paper and introduced four-bin segregation across key sites, while joining U.A.E.-wide clean-up and tree-planting campaigns. By March 2025, its U.A.E. operations became one of the first globally to operate a 100% hybrid fleet. Smart water meters, waste-to-fertiliser reuse, biodiversity programs, and SMAP data integration further advanced its circularity and emissions reduction goals. Gray has led the company since August 2021 and also serves on the University Council of The British University in Dubai.