The geosynthetics industry has learned that Samir T. Badawi has died while traveling in Germany.
Badawi has served as chairman of Houston-based Gundle/SLT Environmental Inc.’s (GSE) Board of Directors since 1995 and as company CEO since 1998. In that time, the company expanded steadily, building upon what was already a highly respected name in geosynthetic manufacturing. Badawi’s considerable global business experience proved to be a good fit for GSE, which has operations around the world. Not only did he oversee GSE’s important merger with SLT/ Environmental, but its acquisition by a private equity firm (Code, Hennessy & Simmons).
Prior to his roles with GSE, Badawi was a managing partner for Ernst & Young International in the State of Bahrain, and in other capacities with Ernst & Young in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. He was also on the Board of Directors for SLT Environmental.
He was 69.
The company has released an official statement:
https://www.geosynthetica.net/news/PDFs/GSE_Announcement_080709.pdf
We extend our sympathies and thoughts to Mr. Badawi’s family and friends and to GSE’s global family.
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Chris Kelsey is the editorial director for geosynthetica.net. He can be reached at chris@geosynthetica.net.
