Nizar Assaad

Nizar Assaad (in Arabic نزار اسعد) is a Canadian construction engineer of Syrian origin residing in Beirut, Lebanon and Dubai, UAE. He is Founder, Chairman and CEO of LEAD Contracting & Trading Ltd, an industrial construction company operating throughout the Middle East and North Africa. LEAD is specialised in oil and gas contracting and petrochemical facilities, including treatment plants, power plants, electro-mechanical construction services, pipelines, and large-scale civil construction and engineering projects. the company is registered in Jebel Ali Free Zone in UAE. Nizar Assaad is considered to be a leading figure in the Construction and Petrochemical Industry.

Assaad was born in Syria in 1948, is married, and has four children.