CHRIS SOWERBY
Chris Sowerby · British, Oman-based since 1997 · Available remotely

Programme, interface and process management for complex projects.

Nearly 30 years of Oman experience, available for short contracts or remote support. No visa, mobilisation or headcount to manage.

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Why work this way

Experienced help, without the overheads

I work through my own Omani company. You engage a service, not an employee.

No visa or labour clearance

Already resident in Oman. Nothing to apply for and no mobilisation to arrange.

No effect on Omanisation

I'm not on your payroll, so your headcount and Omanisation figures stay as they are.

No housing, medical or flights

No accommodation, insurance, tickets or end-of-service costs to carry.

Start fast, finish cleanly

A short contract or a defined task. When the job is done, it's done.

Services

What I do

On site in Oman and the GCC for short contracts, or remotely from anywhere.

01

Design programme management

Coordinating multi-discipline design teams so stage submissions land on time, complete and checked.

02

Interface management

Interface plans and registers that close the gaps between packages, contractors and disciplines before they become disputes.

03

Real estate and workplace strategy

Portfolio planning, space utilisation studies, stacking plans and workplace standards for large organisations.

04

Strategy and performance management

Strategic roadmaps, KPI frameworks and performance reporting up to executive and ministerial level.

05

Process mapping, improvement and change

Mapping how work really happens today, designing a better way, then guiding people through the change.

06

Registers and reporting systems

Deliverables registers, programme trackers and dashboards, set up for your team and ready to use from day one.

Experience

Selected work in Oman

Energy, government, aerospace and real estate.

Etlaq Spaceport, Oman

Spaceport campus and launch infrastructure

Design programme management through concept and schematic design, with a single deliverables register, programme and dashboard across all disciplines.

Marsa LNG, Sur

SP02 Buildings Works

Design programme management for the buildings package on a major LNG facility, including contract correspondence and technical bid evaluations.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Muscat

Headquarters, Phases 1 and 2

Programme management of the Phase 1 office wing refurbishment, delivered on programme, followed by the Phase 2 masterplan through RIBA Stage 2.

Sultan Haitham City, Muscat

Experience Centre

Interface and programme management across a multi-party design and build contract for a landmark government project.

Petroleum Development Oman

Corporate real estate and workplace, 2012 to 2023

Coastal real estate masterplan, a 9,500 sqm office complex delivered ahead of schedule and under budget, the company workplace standard, the move into the 1,688-workplace headquarters, and the post-COVID Future Office strategy.

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion

Investment Services Centre

Strategic roadmap, KPI framework with weekly and monthly reporting to the Minister, and a new investment opportunity framework supporting FDI.

About

About me

I am British and have worked in Oman since 1997, as Programme Manager, Interface Manager, Workplace Architect and Strategic Advisor, for clients in energy, government and major infrastructure.

The skills travel between sectors, and so does the approach. One register as the single source of truth. A weekly status everyone can read in two minutes. Problems raised early, in writing, with a proposed fix.

Contact

Talk about your project

Short contracts, remote support or a one-off register set-up. Send a line and I'll reply within a working day.

Phone / WhatsApp
+968 9572 7944
Post
PO Box 1812, PC 112, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman