Sarah Haidar

Ports Projects Director at Portia DWC

Speaker

Sarah Haidar has over fifteen years of experience in the Ports and Maritime Sector and is skilled across a range of areas within Port Operations and Terminal Management. Ms. Haidar has a proven track record in Project Management, delivering, managing and planning existing and new projects including a number of greenfield projects. She was the Terminal Manager at the Beirut Container Terminal in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon, where she managed all operations with a commitment to the safe and efficient delivery of a quality performance and was instrumental in working with all Stakeholders. She was then involved in different port projects including the World Bank Project on the Master Plan for Rebuilding the Port of Beirut, Lebanon with Royal Haskoning and the IT Strategy for NEOM Terminal 1, KSA. Ms. Haidar holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the American University of Beirut. Sarah is a Member of the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) in Dubai