Khalid Mohammed Abdulrahim (Arabic:'' خالد محمد عبد الرحيم''; born 1962) is a Bahraini business magnate and construction tycoon is the founder and chairman of KAR group of companies. The focal point of this business group is Cebarco Bahrain, a building construction and civil engineering company. Projects completed by the company include

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, the Sheikh Isa bin Salman Library and Conference Centre, Citibank Headquarters, King Hamad Highway and Bahrain Chamber of Commerce.

Biography

Khalid Abdulrahim was born in

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in 1962. In 1979, he went to the US to attend

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in Austin at Texas. After obtaining his degree Abdulrahim joined his family business in 1986, and not long after he started his own civil engineering company named "Cebarco Bahrain SPC." Khalid's completed further studies at

Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow Caledonian University ( gd, Oilthigh Chailleannach Ghlaschu, ), informally GCU, Caledonian or Caley, is a public university in Glasgow, Scotland. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of The Queen's College, Glasgow (founded in 1875) and G ...

while engaged in construction projects in Bahrain; the Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit which had to be completed in 16 months. It was completed on time.

Achievements

Khalid Abdulrahim was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Engineering by Glasgow Caledonian University. In 2008, Khalid Rahim was nominated among the finalists for the Middle East Entrepreneur of the year award. In 2010 Khalid Rahim was invited to the

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in the UK by Lord Gus McDonald to congratulate Rahim on the award of the Alumni Achievers award from Glasgow Caledonian University where he also acts as Chancellor. Khalid Rahim jointly received the 'International Achievement Award' at Industry Excellence Awards Ceremony (MCIEA)2004, held in Kuala Lumpur, along with Chua Siow Leng of WCT Engineering Berhad for the successful completion of the Bahrain International Circuit ahead of the time schedule.

References

External links

* Arabian Knight - Volume 10 ( issue 5) * Bahrain Clientele - January 2009 issue. * Bahrain This Month - November 2008 issue. * http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=232519 * https://web.archive.org/web/20120319144504/http://www.gcu.ac.uk/alumni/alumniachievementawards/khalidrahim/ * http://gulf-daily-news.com/ArchiveNewsDetails.aspx?date=02/24/2004&storyid=74960 * https://web.archive.org/web/20111005004611/http://www.cebarco.com.bh/news_events_details.asp?id=56 * http://www.tradearabia.com/news/ECO_169253.html * http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/pressoffice/bydate/2010/1/name,12221,en.html * http://www.gculondon.ac.uk/news/managed/news/bydate/2010/2/name,8101,en.html * http://www.tradearabia.com/news/ECO_169253.html * http://www.gcu.ac.uk/study/internationalstudents/newsevents/news/bydate/2011/1/name,32051,en.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20110713042947/http://www.gculondon.ac.uk/aboutgculondon/testimonials/ * http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/alumni/2/name,11617,en.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20120915102533/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2008081414383 * http://www.ameinfo.com/30525.html * http://www.meed.com/cebarco-working-in-the-fast-lane/356471.article * http://gulfnews.com/business/construction/maf-investments-awards-dh1-24b-bahrain-city-contract-to-cebarco-1.244926 * http://www.carsuk.net/f1-back-in-the-u-s-a-2012/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahim, Khalid Abdul 1962 births Living people Alumni of Glasgow Caledonian University People from Manama Bahraini Muslims Businesspeople in construction