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Fawzeia Hamad Al Marzouqi, Emirati
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Fawzeia is seconded from the United Arab Emirates government’s Musanada division to Macro’s FM team, which is delivering FM services to hundreds of government buildings.
Musanada was set up by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates, in December 2007 as a shared service company serving government departments and agencies.
Fawzeia was recently appointed regional facilities manager of the western region and manages services delivery across a diverse portfolio, including schools, mosques and municipality buildings and other facilities.
Her primary
focus is on the quality of service performance and maintaining a safe occupied
environment.
“For me as an
Emirati woman, this is an honour, especially since I was shortlisted with four
men,” she said. “This will inspire me in my career.”
Musanada and
Macro are working on a long-term project to implement health and safety, as
well as environmental programmes in Abu Dhabi. Fawzeia has taking a leading
role in driving contractors’ compliance with regulations from the Abu Dhabi
Environment Health and Safety Centre.
Fawzeia has also
acted as head of the committee that worked on preparing a new strategy for
service agreements with Musanada’s supply chain.
Musanada and
Macro were jointly shortlisted for the Overall Facilities Management Company of
the Year Award at the ceremony which took place at Jumeirah Emirates Towers in
Dubai on 4 June. Macro is a property consultancy and facilities management
company working with Musanada, with Macro staff embedded within Musanada. Macro
International, Macro’s Abu Dhabi-based operation, won the contract last
September. It oversees a portfolio of nearly 3,500 buildings used by government
of Abu Dhabi departments and agencies throughout the emirate.
At the time of
the contract award, Macro managing director Bill Heath said it was “the most
significant FM transformation project seen in the Middle East today”. Last
month, Heath became chairman of Macro Group, covering the US, UK, Europe and
the Middle East- northern Africa (MENA) region. Heath, who remains managing
director of the MENA region, set up the facilities management arm of the Mace
Group in 2002. In 2007, he moved to the United Arab Emirates to launch Macro
International, which also operates in Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain,
Oman, Kuwait and Jordan.
The company has
grown from a staff of just two to more than 180 and has a turnover of around
£14 million.
In November
2008, FM World recognised Heath as one of the Pioneers of Facilities Management
in the UK.
FM World;
18.06.2013
