Dr Taha Elhag, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, MAPM

Dr Taha Elhag is a member of Board of Directors of CIB and Regional Director of CIB MENA. He is associate professor in project management at Heriot Watt University. Previously he was an associate professor at UCL, University of London. Before that, he was an assistant professor at Manchester University. His teaching duties comprise undergraduate and postgraduate programmes; and course/programme directorship. Dr. Elhag academic experience also includes the supervision of MSc dissertations and PhD research; and acting as internal and external examiner for different Universities. He is also an expert reviewer for many international journals and EPSRC research projects. His research experience incorporates his role as principal investigator of EPSRC research grants. His research interests include:

• Knowledge management and organisational learning
• Innovation process and management
• Project procurement systems
• Public Private Partnership (PPP)
• Cost modelling and tender price estimation
• Applications of artificial neural networks and fuzzy logic systems
• Building information modelling (BIM)
• Infrastructure management systems

Dr Elhag was a visiting lecturer at Manchester and Reading Universities and the British University in Dubai (BUiD). He is an internationally respected academic with a track record of publications. Dr Elhag is regularly invited to join international conference advisory committees. He is the author of over 80 refereed papers in international journals and conferences. He has wide ranging expertise providing project management consultancy. His experience also involved working as an engineer and project manager with contracting organisations. He is a member of the Association for Project Management (MAPM).

Dr Elhag is a highly skilled training facilitator, with experience of delivering interactive learning interventions at all levels of organisations. He has developed and run events covering all major areas of project management theory and practice. He provides accredited professional training for PMI and APM qualifications in the UK, North Africa and Middle East. He also worked with the UNDP (United Nations Development Program) for capacity building and development programmes. Dr Elhag has been developing and delivering bespoke education and professional training interventions for a range of government ministries, private sector and universities.