President

Mohamad Khodr Al-Dah, FIStructE, CEng, is the 104^th President of the Institution of Structural Engineers. 

Mohamad brings a wealth of experience to the role, with a global career spanning Cairo, Cardiff, London, Seoul and most recently, Dubai where he is currently the Director at the Jointly Owned Properties Department, Real Estate Regulatory Agency, DLD, Government of Dubai.
 
Graduating with an MEng from the University of Oxford in 2002, Mohamad then worked at Arup UK, as a structural engineer from 2002 until 2009, where he developed an interest in renovating old buildings in the UK and around the world.
 
His work on Unilever House, Peel House and Nottingham Trent University are examples of the great results that can be achieved through the teamwork between architects and engineers to skillfully retrofit old structures to match the needs of the present and the future.

Mohamad also worked on Expo 2020 Dubai Sunshades, which were a 2022 Structural Award winner. They won the award for innovation form-finding and detailing in response to complex environmental conditions. The architects were Hopkins with Webb Yates Engineers. Mohamad worked with the design team, as a Director, to ensure construction was as the requirement, and he also managed the coordination with the client.

 He joined Dubai Land Department in 2009 and continues to work there. He founded the Real Estate Appraisal Centre and authored the Emirates Book Valuation Standards in 2010. He also oversaw the signing of the MOU between the IStructE and Dubai Land Department in 2019.
 
As the 2025 President, Mohamad’s themes are:

• embodied carbon action: encouraging IStructE members to think and do more to reduce embodied carbon in their work.
• forging partnerships: working with other professional bodies, academia, and firms to achieve aims and goals together.
• mentoring and EDI (equity, diversity and inclusion): continuing to develop mentoring and EDI at IStructE.