Philippe Verdeure

Managing Director Projects APAC & ME Sarens

Philippe Verdeure has been working with Sarens since January 2010, when he joined as key account manager. In May 2011 he moved to the Middle East in a new Commercial Role entirely dedicated to heavy lift turnkey solutions in the region and over the course of 12 years, assumed various positions within the Projects Division of Sarens up to the position of managing director projects for APAC and the Middle East which he currently holds.

Based in Bahrain, Philippe together with his permanent team of about 300 people is end-responsible for the performance of the Sarens Projects Division in APAC & Middle East and the occupation of key-assets including ringer cranes, SPMT’s, large crawler cranes and Technical solutions

Before joining Sarens he spent a year and a half with Belgian engineering consultancy Matis Benelux, where he worked in business development at the company’s new business unit for energy.

He has an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Liege, an MSc in Plant Management from the Politecnico di Milano and complemented with courses at INSEAD business school.