Johnny Obeid has been the Vice President of Veolia Water Technologies in the Middle East subsidiary of Veolia Environnement since September 2000, responsible for business development.

Over the past 10 years, Johnny has managed some of the major projects in desalination (RO / Thermal) in the Middle East for Veolia and Sidem. Some of the major projects he was responsible for developing are SUR (Oman), Fujairah (UAE), Zour South (Kuwait), Sadara (KSA) and Shell (Qatar).

His objective is to contribute in promoting the role and image of the desalination business in the Gulf region where desalination is a crucial element for the development of the region.

Previously (from 1991 to 2000), Johnny worked with Philip Holzman International as area developer for the Indian West Indies.

He has been a Director of the International Desalination Association since October 2013.

He obtained his BE in Civil Engineering (1982-1988) from the American University in Beirut, and an Executive Master in Business Administration (2006) from INSEAD business school.