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Alasdair Gorman

Commercial Director @ EllisDon |
30.3 yrs experienceConstruction
Apr 2026

The move

MoveHill International, Inc. → EllisDon
TitleCommercial Director
LocationAbu Dhabi → Abu Dhabi
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE0.6
Total experience30.3 years
EllisDon headcount1,001-5,000 employees
EllisDon industryConstruction
EllisDon HQLondon, ON
EllisDon founded1951
EllisDon typePrivately Held

Career arc

  1. Commercial DirectorApr 2026 — Present
    EllisDon· Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  2. Commercial DirectorMay 2025 — Nov 2025
    Hill International, Inc.· Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  3. Associate DirectorJul 2008 — May 2025
    AECOM Middle East
  4. Quantity Surveyor/ snr QSSep 1998 — Jun 2008
    Armour Construction Consultants· Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
  5. Apprentice Quantity SurveyorApr 1988 — May 1991
    Balfour Beatty Construction· Glasgow

Education

Top skills

Corporate Portfolio ManagementDashboardsMicrosoft ExcelDevelopment DesignCompliance Program ManagementProgram Development

About

Commercial Director with 36 years’ experience leading the commercial delivery of complex, high-value developments across the Middle East and UK. I have operated at programme and district level on some of the region’s most ambitious developments, providing commercial leadership across hospitality, mixed-use, residential, commercial, industrial, data centres and major infrastructure, including airports, rail, utilities and large-scale civil works. My expertise spans programme-level commercial strategy, pre- and post-contract commercial management, cost planning, procurement, claims and risk management, and client-side advisory. I am particularly experienced in aligning design development with approved budgets, managing multi-asset programmes, and providing clear commercial governance for cl

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