Francis Dougan

Francis Dougan is Executive Director, PMC Services at KEO International Consultants, with global leadership responsibility for KEO’s project management consultancy services and the consistent delivery of complex programs across its international portfolio. With 30 years of programme and project delivery experience, including more than 16 years in the GCC, Francis has held senior leadership roles on major developments across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar. His experience spans large-scale mixed-use developments, infrastructure, ports, military, Iconic destination programs and complex urban projects, including the leadership and reactivation of major programs where delivery certainty, stakeholder alignment and decisive execution were critical to success. In his current role, Francis is focused on bringing delivery thinking earlier into the project lifecycle — connecting development ambition, design, procurement and construction strategy before decisions become expensive to change. He br