Dr. Riaz Khan is a chartered engineer (UK) with over twenty-five (25) years of academic and industrial experience in the civil engineering discipline. He holds a First Class Honours degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Portsmouth, UK, Masters’ degree (with Distinction) in Structural Engineering and Doctorate in Offshore Structural Engineering from London South Bank University, UK. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), Fellow of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).  

Dr Khan has particular expertise in the structural integrity management of energy-related infrastructure and has also assumed responsible positions, leading engineering teams, on a variety of projects ranging from major offshore and onshore field developments. He also has key expertize in a variety of operating regions including the Gulf of Mexico, Latin America, Asia and the Far East. Dr. Khan has also developed innovative web-based integrity software products that have been widely adopted by industry and developed a suite of joint flexibility (RK-LJF) equations for the performance of tubular joints of fixed offshore structures. Dr Khan has served as a Committee Chair of the ISO 19901-9 Recommended Practice for the Structural Integrity Management of Fixed Offshore Structures and international member of the API RP SC2.