Mohammed Rahif Hakmi ( ar, محمد رهيف حاكمي) is the founder and chairman of

Armada Group Armada Holdings/Armada Group ( ar, ارمادا القابضة) as one of the leading United Arab Emirates conglomerates with more than 20 active companies having diversified interests in different countries spanning across healthcare, hospitali ...

, a UAE-based conglomerate.

Biography

Mohammed Rahif Hakmi is the founder and chairman of

and has been licensed by Dubai Land Department (RERA - Real Estate Regulatory Agency) as Developer back in 2008. Hakmi holds a degree in

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

M.Phil. The Master of Philosophy (MPhil; Latin ' or ') is a postgraduate degree. In the United States, an MPhil typically includes a taught portion and a significant research portion, during which a thesis project is conducted under supervision. An MPhil ...

and a PhD in

Structural Engineering Structural engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering in which structural engineers are trained to design the 'bones and muscles' that create the form and shape of man-made structures. Structural engineers also must understand and cal ...

from the

University of Salford , caption = Coat of ArmsUniversity of Salford , mottoeng = "Let us seek higher things" , established = 1850 - Pendleton Mechanics Institute 1896 – Royal Technical Institute, Salford 1967 – gained ...

, United Kingdom. In 1989 he was awarded a Ph.D for his research into the Local Buckling of Sandwich Panels from the

in Manchester, England. He was subsequently had been employed by the University of Salford where he conducted a series of research into numerical and experimental behaviour of materials, fire and blast of Composite materials. Hakmi developed a design theory, one of his formula has been recommended by the CIB Working Commission W056 Sandwich Panels, ECCS/CIB Joint Committee to be used in codes of practice and has been adopted as design formula by the European recommendations for sandwich panels (CIB, 2000). He was also involved in the Marine-tech North West programme on cost-effective use of fibre reinforced composites offshore. In 2008, he was appointed as the chairman of the Board of Honor of

Al-Karamah SC Al-Karamah SC ( ar, نادي الكرامة الرياضي) is a Syrian professional football club based in the city of Homs. Founded in 1928, it is considered to be one of Asia's oldest sporting clubs. The club has won eight Syrian League titl ...

Football Club in recognition of his support to the club. Hakmi founded Armada in early 2000. He is its chairman. Under Hakmi the company has engaged in property development and other sectors, including hospitality and leisure, information technology and health care. Armada has developed some of Dubai's most notable landmarks, such as

Armada Towers Armada Towers ( ar, أبراج أرمادا) is a complex of three skyscrapers in Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT) Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Free Zone being built is opposite to the Dubai Marina and next to the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, United ...

, The company has ongoing projects in Europe, Turkey and the Middle East.

Awards

Science and Engineering Research Council The Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) and its predecessor the Science Research Council (SRC) were the UK agencies in charge of publicly funded scientific and engineering research activities, including astronomy, biotechnology and bi ...

Award, Overseas Research Scholarship (ORS) - United Kingdom. *

Institution of Structural Engineers The Institution of Structural Engineers is a professional body for structural engineering based in the United Kingdom. The Institution has over 30,000 members operating in over 100 countries. The Institution provides professional accreditation ...

Jubilee Award - United Kingdom.

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Biography

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