Dubai, UAE – Asite, information management solutions provider to the construction and real estate industries, has appointed one of the Middle East’s most powerful leaders to drive growth and corporate development.
Rob Jackson, who ranked in the top 20 of the most powerful leaders in Construction Week’s Power 100 List in 2020, joins Asite as Chief Growth Officer.
Based in Asite’s UAE office, Rob will lead EMEA and APAC sales for the group as well as corporate development initiatives globally, bringing with him over 30 years of experience in building businesses and driving operational excellence and revenue for leading multi-national organizations.
Prior to joining Asite, Rob spent eight years at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) - the largest professional body in the built environment – in various roles, including Market Director for the Americas/Europe/Middle East & Africa where he was responsible for the RICS market strategy and its delivery across the globe across a number of sectors relating to land, property, construction and the general built environment.
During his time with RICS, Rob had a significant focus on advisory work with AEMEA governments and global influencers such as United Nations, EU Commission, World Bank, World Economic Forum, and held extensive public-facing roles and worked with government task forces to drive trade and investment. Rob was named in Top 20 Most Powerful and Influential Leaders in the MENA Construction Sector in 2020.
Speaking to his appointment, Rob said:
“As my industry colleagues know, for many years I have been passionate about transforming the way that built assets are designed, delivered and managed. Our industry needs to evolve, embrace technology, drive efficiency improvements, reduce disputes, collaborate, and integrate the lifecycle stages of an asset into one seamless journey. Culture, collaboration, connectivity and data are the key to this.
Asite has for many years been connecting people and removing the data chaos from the construction and real estate asset management sectors. With constant technology and product development and inclusion of the latest international built environment standards, Asite is the leading cloud-based digital transformation platform, connecting the physical, digital, and human aspects at all stages of a built asset lifecycle with seamless information sharing.
I look forward to helping take Asite to the next stage of its global growth journey.”
Founded in 2001, Asite built a leading reputation in the UK market and over the past two decades, has rapidly expanded and partnered with some of the world’s largest construction and engineering firms to deliver the most complex and innovative projects globally.
Projects include Europe’s largest infrastructure project, Crossrail, and one of the world’s busiest airports, Heathrow Airport. More specifically in the Middle East, Asite has partnered with leading real estate developer, Aldar Properties, to deliver their future pipeline over the next five years.
Asite is spearheaded by Nathan Doughty, who succeeded as Chief Executive Officer in 2020 after being the Chief Operating Officer, leading global sales growth. Nathan led the initial development of the Asite Platform in 2002 and is also active in standards work for collaborative BIM throughout his career with involvement in BuildingSMART, OpenBIM, and the British Standards Institute working groups for data interoperability.
Reporting directly into Nathan, Rob will be responsible for accelerating the growth of Asite into both new and existing markets.
Nathan Doughty, Asite CEO said:
“I’m proud to welcome Rob to the Asite leadership team. Rob’s appointment is a key step in our sales and marketing investment globally. Together we will see the Asite Platform connect the physical, digital, and human for the built environment, and build the team to get the Asite Platform into the hands of people everywhere looking to build better.”
About Asite
Asite’s vision is to connect people and help the world build better.
Asite’s open construction platform enables organizations working on capital projects to come together, plan, design, and build with seamless information sharing across the entire supply chain.
Asite’s comprehensive range of solutions connect dispersed teams across the lifecycle of capital assets, enabling them to build better and build resilience. With Asite, capital project owners stay at the forefront of innovation, maintaining a golden thread of information throughout a project to facilitate the creation of digital twins.
Asite is headquartered in London's Tech City with regional offices in New York, Houston, Dubai, Riyadh, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Ahmedabad.
For more information about Asite, please contact sales@asite.com
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