| Nizar Assaad | |
| Native Name: | نزار أسعد |
| Native Name Lang: | Arabic |
| Birth Place: | Syria |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Occupation: | Businessman |
| Organization: | LEAD Contracting & Treading Ltd. (former founder and chairman) |
| Office: | may be used as an alternative when the label is better rendered as "Office" (e.g. public office or appointments) --> |
Nizar Assaad (in Arabic نزار أسعد) is a Canadian construction engineer of Syrian origin residing in Beirut, Lebanon and Dubai, UAE. He was the Founder and the Chairman of LEAD Contracting & Treading Ltd until his retirement in March 2020.[1]
Assaad was born in Syria in 1948. He was the Founder and the Chairman of LEAD Contracting & Treading Ltd until his retirement in March 2020.[1]
LEAD is specialized in building infrastructure of oil & gas including treatment plants, power plants, pipelines and other oil & gas and petrochemical facilities with strong expertise in electro-mechanical construction services, and large-scale civil construction & engineering projects. The company is registered in Jebel Ali Free Zone in UAE.[2]
He has been residing between Beirut & Dubai since late 2011. He is married, and has four children.