Samir Govind is a structural chartered professional engineer with over 14 years’ experience in the building industry and is currently a technical director of Beca and manages the structural group in Beca’s Christchurch office, which he founded back in 2006. He is well respected for his strong technical and management skills, and was recently acknowledged for his passion and commitment towards the building industry.

In 2007 Samir was named the NZIOB Young Achiever of the year and the Telecom/ACENZ Future Leader 2007. Samir has been involved with the Southern Chapter of the NZIOB since 2006 and served as Southern Chapter President 2008 to 2010. During his tenure as the Southern Chapter President he was also ex-officio Trustee of the NZIOB Education Fund for the Southern Chapter. He has been co-opted onto the National Board for the Association of Consulting Engineers of New Zealand (ACENZ) during 2008/2009.

Samir has provided many other voluntary services to the building industry including mentoring for third year professional students at the University of Canterbury, on the Telecom/ACENZ Future Leader judging panel, NZIOB preliminary judging panel, and marking the ACENZ Best Practical Student Reports. Samir Govind BE (Hons), ME, CPEng, MIPENZ, MNZIOB - Immediate Past Southern President and National President.