UAE’s Tabreed appoints new chief legal counsel and chief development officer

Fresh appointments at Tabreed: The UAE’s National Central Cooling Company (Tabreed) has appointed Nadia Bardawil (LinkedIn) as its new chief legal counsel and Philippe Coquelle (LinkedIn) as chief development officer, according to a disclosure (pdf) to DFM. Bardawil, the first woman member of the company’s executive management team, served last as a senior legal advisor for UAE investments platform Mubadala. She has over 15 years of experience in the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects regionally and in Europe. Coquelle is joining Tabreed from France’s Engie, where he held several positions in the group. His last role was corporate M&A director at Engie’s headquarters in Paris.