FIDIC Board

Catherine Karakatsanis, M.E.Sc., P.Eng., ICD.D, FEC, FCAE, LL.D, D.Eng. is a structural engineer and a Senior Vice President of Stantec (formerly the Chief Operating Officer of Morrison Hershfield now Stantec). Stantec is a global multi-disciplinary consulting engineering firm with 32,000 professionals around the world. Catherine has consistently been recognized for her contributions to her firm, the profession and her community. She was awarded Canada’s highest engineering distinction for an individual’s achievement in their chosen field – the Gold Medal from Engineers Canada; inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering(CAE) as a Fellow; awarded Professional Engineers Ontario’s highest engineering distinctions – the Gold Medal and the rank of Companion; inducted into Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women Hall of Fame; awarded The Governor General of Canada Sovereign’s Medal; awarded the Consulting Engineering Magazine’s Life Time Achievement Award; received an Honorary Doctorate from Western University; and one from the Toronto Metropolitan University, to name a few. Catherine is also the Chair of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and has also held numerous professional public volunteer leadership roles including being elected the chair of the regulatory and advocacy professional engineering organizations in Canada; Vice Chair of Engineers Without Borders; Foundation for Education; Hydro One; Western University. Catherine became FIDIC’s president at the September 2023 GAM.

Adam Bialachowski is CEO of B-Act S.A., an engineering consultancy group that focuses its work in central and eastern Europe, with main offices in Bydgoszcz, Warsaw and Kiev. Adam is an expert in business management, project and contract management, construction contract cash flow optimisation, procurement, claims strategy and client relationship management. He has over 15 years of experience in advising on and implementing construction investments and successfully conducted multiple commercial negotiations with international investors, construction companies and engineering corporations.

Cosmin Tobolcea holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from the Technical University of Iasi and brings nearly 20 years of expertise in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is currently the General Manager at PROTOBY and Managing Partner at Euro Finance Advisors, a leading engineering consulting group in Eastern Europe specialising in water and wastewater projects across Eastern and Central Europe. The group, comprising over 250 employees, has successfully managed European Funds contracts in Romania with a total value exceeding 1.5 billion euros in the last years. In the last 12 years, Cosmin has been actively involved in FIDIC, serving as Chair of the FIDIC Certified Consulting Engineer Programme and previously as Chair of the FIDIC Future Leaders Council. He has also contributed to key FIDIC committees, such as the Diversity Task Force and the Sustainable Development Committee. A frequent speaker at FIDIC’s international and regional conferences, Cosmin has co-authored FIDIC State of the World Reports on Global Water Issues. His contributions to the industry were recognised with the FIDIC Future Leaders Award in 2021.

Tina Karlberg is the export manager at Sweco in Sweden where she is responsible for nurturing and growing Sweco's responsible and sustainable consultancy business outside its home market. Sweco is one of Europe’s leading design, engineering, environment and regulatory consultancies and contributes to transforming societies and their energy, water, waste and transportation infrastructure as well as through urban planning and architectural services. Tina has significant experience from science diplomacy in Germany and China, from change and innovation management at Siemens and Swedish Transport Administration and from business and export promotion for UKTI and the Swedish government. Tina was elected to the FIDIC board at the general assembly meeting in September 2025.