Charalampos Sarafopoulos

Executive Director at Al Shirawi Facilities Management

Charalampos Sarafopoulos is an accomplished facilities management professional with extensive experience in the UAE and Qatar. Currently serving as Executive Director at Al Shirawi Facilities Management since July 2016, Charalampos oversees operational activities for over 320 contracts and manages a workforce of 1,500 staff. Additional roles include Executive Director at Al Shirawi Fire Fighting Systems and Director of Facilities at Arcadia Education. Previous experience includes positions such as Project Manager and Senior Facilities Manager at MMG Facility Management, Maintenance Manager at AKTOR FM, and Maintenance Manager for the British Sovereign Bases in Cyprus. Charalampos holds an Engineer's degree in Audio Engineering from HOFA-College and a degree in Technical Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Crete, alongside various professional development certifications.

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Al Shirawi Facilities Management

Al Shirawi’s progression in becoming a fully fledged Facilities Management Service Provider has been achieved over 35 years of strategic planning and development. Starting off in 1974 as a mechanical contractor, Al Shirawi gained the expertise to install and maintain the most complicated mechanical systems throughout the Middle East. In the subsequent decades, Al Shirawi, through joint ventures, acquisitions and entrepreneurship, entered into maintaining electrical systems, servicing heavy tonnage chillers, undertaking general and specialised cleaning services and, most recently providing security services. Leveraging of the Group’s technical expertise and commitment to service quality, Al Shirawi FM is the premier Facilities Management Service Provider in UAE. With a focus on commercial, residential, hospitality, industrial and retail projects; Al Shirawi FM has the necessary in-house infrastructure and resources to offer world-class service for world-class properties.