Ian Williamson is the Chief Development Officer for The Red Sea Development Company. He leads the development and delivery of the planning, design, procurement, and construction of The Red Sea project. Ian is chartering a path through the key challenges involved in how to commercially develop a highly environmentally sensitive location while achieving a minimum net environmental impact. The project site is of country-sized scale and has an abundance of coral, seagrass, mangroves, nesting turtles, and over twenty-five bird species.

As an executive and board director for 25 years, Ian has undertaken both strategic and operational roles and has led the design and construction of several multi-billion-dollar capital expenditure projects.

Ian spent over 15 years as Senior Vice President with AECOM in Europe then AECOM in the Middle East. During his tenure, he directed projects on both continents and built a team of over 500 personnel. During 10 years with Sainsbury's, Ian joined as Chief Engineer then developed an Investment Planning and Program Management team determining where and how to invest $2 billion per year in capital investment on new and existing facilities across the UK.

Ian holds a Master of Business Administration from Cass Business School, London, UK, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with Mathematics from the University of Reading, UK.