Christopher Arkaah

Contracts/Commercial Manager

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Timeline
About me
Associate Director – Head of Commercial and Quantum at SCM Consultancy
Education
- FRICS
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- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi
  1968 - 1971
  BSc Applied Physics
- University of Reading
  1971 - 1974
  BSc Quantity Surveying
Experience
- ABB Projectos
  Jan 1974 - Dec 2000
  Contracts/Commercial Manager
- Independent Consultant
  Jan 1977 - Dec 1986
  MDA
- Hanscomb Limited
  Jan 1986 - Dec 1991
  Senior Quantity Surveyor
- George Keen Consultancy
  Jan 1991 - Dec 1992
  Director
- Berkeley Consulting
  Jan 1993 - Dec 1995
  Contracts/Claims/Commercial Management
- Currie & Brown
  Jan 1996 - Dec 1998
  Contracts/Commercial Manager
- James R Knowles
  Jan 2001 - Dec 2001
  Claims Consultant
- Jubail United Petrochemical Company
  Dec 2001 - Dec 2003
  Contracts and Commercial Manager
  484 MW Gas Fired Combined Cycle Power Plant in Mexico
- Fluor
  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005
  Contracts Manager
  FEED Contracts Manager for grass root petrochemical plant. Bid documentation for EBSM and Air Separation Plant.
- BWS Consulting
  Jan 2004 - Jun 2004
  Claims Consultant, Quantum Expert
- Skansa
  Jun 2004 - Dec 2004
  Arbitration, Expert Quantum
- Hill International
  Jan 2005 - Jul 2009
  - Director (Claims Group)
    Apr 2007 - Jul 2009
  - Director and Country Manager
    Jan 2007 - Jan 2009
  - Managing Consultant – Claims Consultancy
    Jan 2005 - Jan 2007
- OHL-Contrack Joint Venture
  Jan 2009 - Dec 2016
  - Claims and Controls Manager
    Jan 2014 - Dec 2016
  - Senior Contracts and Claim Manager
    Jan 2009 - Dec 2014
- Salam Technology
  Jan 2017 - Dec 2018
  Senior Claims/ Commercial and Contracts Manager
- Petroserv Limited WLL
  Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
  Construction Claims Specialist
- Faithful+Gould
  Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
  Commercial, Contract and Construction Claims Director
- SCM
  Jan 2020 - now
  Associate Director – Head of Commercial and Quantum
  Head of commercial and quantum division of the company, managing various claims and dispute services. Involved on various dispute resolution / expert witness and arbitration services. Quantum review and preparation of statements of defence, expert reports, support the legal representatives on quantum and expert technical matters, etc.
Licenses & Certifications
- Alternate Dispute Resolution
  Alternate Dispute Resolution
- Contracts Law
  Contracts Law
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Construction & Dispute Management Faculties); Member 1977; Fellow 1989
  RICS