PDP ENERGY - Key Persons


Antoine Dammous

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Partner
  • PDP in 1991 As a Mechanical Engineer
Antoine Dammous joined PDP in 1991 as a mechanical engineer. He led the mechanical engineering team in many major projects; first in Lebanon then extended to the region and beyond, establishing procedures and setting tools for an effective service. This concluded to the Quality System Accreditation in 1999. Antoine managed the electrical and mechanical design team for major projects, and remained academically active through the University of Reading in the UK. In 2005 he established PDP Dubai branch, and in 2008 Abu Dhabi branch. He continues to direct the projects undertaken, and expanding the practice. Antoine is a LEED GA.

Elie Siam

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Partner
  • PDP in 1994 As a Design Engineer
Elie Siam joined PDP in 1994 as a design engineer. After multiple successes he led the team for resolving Mission Critical facilities problems and proved to be a local authority in the Electrical Engineering field. He is an active contributor to Lebanese Standards, and a Building Services Instructor at Notre Dame University. He has special qualifications in telecommunications and data networks, and has established highly performing systems for large banks (BLOM, Credit Libanais, SGBL, SGBJ, Fransabank, BLC, CSC, BBAC and LCB), schools and universities (LAU, Balamand and ACS), Telecom (Saudi Telecom Company, Cellis, IDM and Alfa) and leading media companies (Annahar, VTR and Bloomberg). Elie is an Accredited Tier Designer from the Uptime Institute.

Joseph El Hachem

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
Joseph El Hachem is heading the engineering department at PDP Energy. He…

Philippe Nassar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Principal
Philippe Nassar has more than 23 years of experience in the power and energy sectors. He started his career as a field engineer in the construction of power plants, and then held during a six year period several positions in site management. Following his MBA, he worked for two years in a prime consulting firm in Paris within the energy practice during the deregulation period of the European electricity market. Philippe's knowledge in all power plant aspects stems from the positions he held over the last fifteen years. He was a project manager on various EPC power plant projects in the Middle East and Africa, covering all project phases from concept and feasibility, to detailed design, procurement, construction, and commissioning. In his career, Philippe covered several types of plants such as combined cycle power plants (Deir Amar, 450 MW, Lebanon), reciprocating HFO (Al Hurriya PP1, 64MW, Iraq), and landfill gas power plants (Neemeh 7 MW, Lebanon). In 2015 Philippe joined and co-founded PDP Energy.

Pierre Dammous - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Management Team
With 40 years of experience in Building Services Engineering, Pierre Dammous is a final reference of his specialty in the Middle East. Moving between Beirut, Amman and Paris with major consultants handling prestigious projects, he finally started his own practice in Beirut in 1978. Pierre Dammous has been actively contributing to the advancement of the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in the construction industry, first in Lebanon then in the region, running a constantly growing consulting practice and attracting talents to his office. Thousands of projects witnessed his determination to serve highly demanding clients in different challenging environments.