PhD, MCIPS, MBA, FCCM
Dr. Varghese Koshy Panicker
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Panicker brings over 30 years of senior contracts and procurement leadership across the GCC, India, and beyond. His career spans major capital programmes including Dubailand, Aspire Zone, and Qatar Energy upstream projects. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply and a recognised authority on contract risk management, he has led multi-billion-dollar portfolios and built the contracts functions that some of the region's largest contractors now rely on. He reviews and approves every insight CALIM publishes.
Areas of Expertise
Contract risk management
Procurement strategy
Capital programme governance
FIDIC and NEC contract forms
Insights reviewed by Varghese
Every CALIM insight is reviewed and approved by the senior leadership team before publication. A selection of recently reviewed articles:
What Goes in a FIDIC Fully Detailed Claim: The 84-Day Submission Under Clause 20.2.4
The 84 days start at awareness, not at your notice. This sets out what Clause 20.2.4 requires in the fully detailed clai...
Dispute Resolution Clauses Decoded: DAB/DAAB, Arbitration and What They Mean for You
The dispute clause is the one part of a subcontract nobody reads until it is too late - and by then the forum, the seat,...
Handling Variations on Lump-Sum and LSTK Contracts Without Eroding Your Margin
On a lump-sum or LSTK job the price is fixed, but the scope never is - and the gap between the two is where margin quiet...
When the Employer Calls Your Performance Bond: How to Respond
A performance bond call can drain cash you cannot spare and mark your name across a whole banking relationship - often b...
Wrongful Termination Risk - and How to Avoid Becoming the Party in Breach
Termination feels like the ultimate power move - you have had enough, you pull the trigger, you are out. But a botched t...
Back-to-Back Subcontracts: What You're Really Signing Up For
The subcontract says your obligations are back-to-back with the main contract. You have never seen the main contract. Yo...
Disruption vs Delay: Claiming for Lost Productivity
Your programme finished on time but your labour costs blew the budget by thirty percent. That is disruption, not delay, ...
Your Interim Payment Was Certified Short - Here's What to Do
You applied for QAR 4.2 million and the certificate came back at QAR 2.9 million. Before you fire off an angry email, un...
Can You Claim Loss of Profit and Overheads on Omitted Work?
When an employer omits scope by variation, you lose the revenue - and the profit and overhead contribution baked into it...
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