Ghosson Al Khaled is the chief operating officer of
industrial and construction services group ACICO, having worked her way up the
ladder over the years.
ACICO started off as an industrial company specialised in
autoclaved aerated concrete in 1990, and is now a large conglomerate comprising
several different businesses: ACICO Industrial, ACICO Construction, ACICO
Cement, ACICO Real Estate and ACICO Real Estate — Hotels. The company is listed
on both the Kuwait and Dubai financial markets and is currently engaged in a
diverse range of projects including the National Autism Centre and Fish Market
developments in Kuwait, and the Radisson Royal hotel and Nassima Tower in
Dubai.
Despite having an engineering degree from the Kuwait
University School of Civil Engineering, Al Khaled was determined to increase
her management skills, so she completed a Master’s Degree in Building Science
from the University of Southern California.