Management board
FCL's governance, capital management, administration and commercial operations are overseen by the FCL Management Board, which is appointed by the FIDIC Board.
The FCL governance structure comprises a Management Board and a Certification Board. They provide critical guidance for the work of FCL.
The Management Board is responsible for oversight, management and reporting of the affairs of FCL. It also holds an operational mandate, including fees setting and commercial management, in accordance with the laws of Switzerland and any other jurisdiction in which it and its subsidiaries, staff or contractors operate. The Management Board appoints the members of the FCL Certification Board.
Sir Vivian Ramsey
Sir Vivian is the Chair of the Management Board. He became a Queen's Council in 1992 and in 2015, he became an international judge for the Singapore International Commercial Court. Over the years, he has served as arbitrator, mediator and dispute board member. He is also a visiting Professor at King's College, London and edits Keating on Construction Law.
Catherine Karakatsanis
Ms Karakatsanis is a FIDIC Board member. She holds qualifications including M.E.Sc., P.Eng., ICD.D, FEC, FCAE, LL.D., D.Eng. is a structural engineer and the Chief Operating Officer of Morrison Hershfield now Stantec. Catherine has held numerous professional public volunteer leadership roles including as chair of the regulatory and advocacy professional engineering organisations in Canada. She was awarded Canada’s Gold Medal from Engineers Canada; inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering(CAE) as a Fellow and awarded Professional Engineers Ontario’s highest engineering distinction – the Gold Medal.
Manish Kothari
Manish Kothari is President and CEO of Sheladia Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm headquartered in USA. Mr. Kothari has 30+ years of varied engineering experience on infrastructure projects in the USA and internationally. Prior to Sheladia, he worked with Bechtel Corporation, USA and with D2 Consult GmbH, Austria. Mr. Kothari has a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering and M.Sc. in Civil Engineering from University of Michigan.
Gregs Thomopulos
Mr Thomopulos is a former President of FIDIC and former Chairman of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). He was formerly a Chairman of the board of Stanley Consultants, where he concluded a career that spanned over 50 years. In the past, he held various leadership roles in the consulting engineering industry both in the United States and globally. Mr Thomopulos was the Chair of the FCCE Management Board.
Enzo de Laurentiis
Enzo de Laurentiis is an international consultant specialising in all aspects of public sector procurement. Until November 2023, he was the World Bank’s Chief Procurement Officer, in the Operations Policy and Country Services Vice-Presidency. He has also served as a Regional Procurement Manager for the East Asia and Pacific and the Latin America and Caribbean Regions of the World Bank. Prior to joining the World Bank in 1998, Mr. de Laurentiis was Projects Director and later, Vice President of an international consulting firm providing advisory services on procurement to Multilateral Development Banks, countries and the private sector. From 1992 to 2004, Mr. de Laurentiis was an adjunct faculty member at American University Washington College of Law in the U.S. where he taught international contracts and international procurement law. Currently, he is a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Master in Public Procurement Management at Tor Vergata Uiversity of Rome.
Susanna Zammataro
Ms Zammataro is the FIDIC CEO. She has over 25 years of experience spanning international organisations, the public and private sectors and is a leading figure in global advocacy, strategic planning and organisational transformation. With a Master's in European Law from the College of Europe, and a strong foundation in political science and international relations, Susanna is an accomplished leader committed to driving innovation, fostering global cooperation, and enhancing FIDIC's influence in shaping the future of the sector.
Grace Bema
Ms Grace Bema is a civil engineer with extensive experience in engineering projects. She is a Partner at Brian Colquhoun Hugh O’Donnell & Partners (BCHOD Consulting Engineers). In July 2021, she was elected as President of the Zimbabwe Association of Consulting Engineers (ZACE). This makes her the first woman to achieve such a historic feat in the organisation’s 59-year history in Zimbabwe. She also became the Chairperson of the board of Mashonaland Holdings Ltd in 2020 and she is a board member of Kuvimba Mining House. Ms Bema holds a BSc Honors in Civil Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe, an MBA and a Master of Science degree in Sustainable systems from Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, USA.
Thanos Totsikas
Mr Totsikas is the General Manager of FIDIC Credentialing. He holds a BSc in Economics, an MSc in Management, Technology and Quality and is a PMP®. He is in charge of managing the day-to-day operations of the FCL. Thanos ensures the smooth functioning of the operational and commercial aspects of FCL's activities and is responsible for implementing the business priorities of the company.
Lindy Patterson
Ms Patterson KC is the Chair of the FIDIC Credentialing (FCL) Certification board. She is an international arbitrator, adjudicator and dispute board member. She has chaired a number of dispute boards, both ad hoc and standing, across the world and plays an active role in promoting dispute avoidance by these means. She is a member of the FIDIC President’s List of International Adjudicators. She holds the following fellowships- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors. She is a Member of ICE Dispute Resolution Panel.rbitrators and she is on the FIDIC President's List of International Adjudicators.
Certification board
The Certification board is appointed by the Management board and oversees the content and processes of the FCL certification programmes. It is an autonomous body with respect to the development, evaluation, supervision and administration of all certification programmes, policies, procedures and activities. It is responsible for establishing the certification and recertification eligibility requirements, certification programme planning, ethics and integrity management, as well as for determining the examination and other assessment instruments.
All the certification services provided by the FCL are overseen by the FCL Certification board.
Lindy Patterson
Lindy Patterson KC is a King’s Counsel. She is the Chair of the FIDIC Credentialing (FCL) Certification board. She is an international arbitrator, adjudicator and dispute board member. She has chaired a number of dispute boards, both ad hoc and standing, across the world and plays an active role in promoting dispute avoidance by these means. She is a member of the FIDIC President’s List of International Adjudicators. She holds the following fellowships- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors. She is a Member of ICE Dispute Resolution Panel.rbitrators and she is on the FIDIC President's List of International Adjudicators.
Marco Ruggiero
Mr Ruggiero holds a MSc in Civil Engineering and has 25 years’ experience in the implementation of large construction projects. His main fields of expertise are underground works, infrastructure and hydropower. He is specialized in contract management, claims and dispute resolution, with a strong focus in promoting dispute avoidance. He is a FIDIC Certified Adjudicator and on the FIDIC President’s List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators. He is included in several ADR listings such as the UK Adjudicators Dispute Board panel, the Peruvian Ankawa International Adjudicators panel, the Nepal Dispute Resolution Center and the Swiss International Experts.
Ron Watermeyer
Dr Watermeyer has a doctorate in Engineering. He has worked as a consulting engineer with over four decades of experience in civil and structural engineering services. He founded Infrastructure Options (Pty) Ltd in 2012. He is a visiting adjunct professor at the School of Construction Economics and Management at the University of the Witwatersrand
Jaime Gray
Mr. Gray is a founding Partner of NPG Abogados (Lima based construction law firm). He is a Construction lawyer and a dispute resolution specialist. Over his career, he has represented owners, engineering companies and contractors in landmark cases involving all types of infrastructure, including hydroelectric power plants, highways, ports, etc. He has more than 14 years of experience as a member of many Dispute Boards in Latin America, using FIDIC forms, mainly. He was the First President of the Peruvian Society of Construction Law and in 2018, he served as Co-Chair of the International Construction Projects Committee of the International Bar Association. From 2023 – 2025 he served as the President of the Region 4 (Latin America) for the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation – DRBF.
Michele Kruger
Dr. Kruger holds a PhD in Civil Engineering and is a specialist in water and water waste treatment. She is the current Chair of FIDIC's Diversity and Inclusion Council and has years of experience as an international trainer for young engineers.
Tesfaalem Gebreiyesus
Mr. Gebreiyesus previously worked for the World Bank for 25 years and was a lead procurement specialist in regional procurement operations. As part of the procurement policy team, he played a vital role in developing the World Bank’s Procurement Framework and regulations and in updating its Standard Procurement Documents (SPDs). He also has prior experience in engineering and management, as well as in national electric power utility operations. Mr. Gebreiyesus holds an LLM in International Business Law, MBA and a BSc in electrical engineering.
Hu Zhangxi
Dr. Hu has an Meng and EMBA. He is a Chartered and registered Consulting Engineer in China. He has over 30 years of consulting experience in rail and underground engineering and over 18 years of corporate leadership experience as vice president of STEDI, a leading consulting firm in China. He has published 3 books and 4 standards, and he holds 4 patents. In addition to leadership positions at the Shanghai Association for Quality, he is a member of Quality in Governance Think Tank.
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Challenge and Appeals committee
This committee is responsible for receiving and considering challenges and appeals related to the examination and assessment processes of the certification programmes.
Further information on the Challenge and Appeals procedure for candidates can be found here:
Professional Conduct and Complaints committee
This is a working committee appointed by the FCL Management Board. It is tasked with developing, updating and upholding the professional conduct standards of those individuals who are certified under any of the Certification board’s certification programmes. It is furthermore tasked to investigate, deliberate and bring to conclusion any complaints about certificants, with respect to any breach of professional conduct.
Further information on the complaints management procedure can be found here:
FCL Complaints management procedure - V2
The complaints form can be found here:
Certification committees
These committees address the specific programme needs of each certification programme.
Each Certification committee is responsible for; (a) Setting up, administering and overseeing the requirements of the certification programme and dealing with re-certification. (b) Creating the item-bank of examination questions which are pertinent to the assessment of FIDIC certification programmes (c) Assisting with the implementation of any manual assessments – when applicable.
Code of conduct
FCL is fully committed to adhering to and maintaining the highest ethical standards and values for its Board members, committee members and certificants. Our compliance body is dedicated to promoting these principles within the organisation by assuring that every employee understands the importance of behaving and exhibiting great responsibility, competence and fairness towards their colleagues and clients.
Further information on the Code of conduct applicable to all certified candidates can be found here: FCL Certificant Code of Conduct
Value of certification
FCL believes in the importance of promoting professional certification for qualified professionals.
Statement of impartiality
FCL is committed to impartiality in carrying out its programs, as well as in documenting its procedures and processes.
Complaints
FCL carefully considers all complaints it receives which relate to the services it provides. If you wish to officially submit a complaint, please download the Complaints form here and submit it as an attachment to [email protected].
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