Raj Desai

Raj Desai serves as Chief Procurement Officer of Fluor Corporation, responsible for Fluor’s Supply Chain and Commercial Strategies organizations. He also oversees Information Technology operations, including digitalization and artificial intelligence.

Prior to his current role, Raj served as Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Commercial Strategies where he played a key role in transforming Fluor’s Supply Chain organization, introducing commercial strategies, centralized procurement and metals and commodity hedging.

Raj joined Fluor in 2006 and worked on the Saudi Kayan Project in the UK and Singapore before relocating to Houston. He has over 32 years of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) industry experience.

Prior to joining Fluor, Raj worked at Larsen & Toubro Limited, an Indian multinational EPC company, for 15 years. He joined the company as a trainee engineer and, during his time there, worked in procurement, project management, corporate strategies and sales and marketing.

Raj received a Mechanical Engineering degree from the National Institute of Technology in India and holds Master of Business Administration degrees in finance and international business from the University of East London.

“An optimized and agile supply chain directly benefits our clients by enabling timely delivery and cost efficiency on projects. Advanced IT and digital solutions enhance data accuracy, improve decision-making and foster seamless communication across all project phases. These elements streamline our operations and elevate the quality and reliability of the services we provide to our clients.”