Visionary Leadership. Trusted Execution.

Guided by engineering excellence, disciplined delivery, and a long-term commitment to South Sudan’s development.

Ben Mawel, P. Eng., is the founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Engineering & Construction Ltd. He provides strategic leadership across the firm’s growth agenda, operational performance, client partnerships, and long-term market positioning.

A civil engineering graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University, formerly Ryerson University, Mr. Mawel is a certified professional engineer in Alberta with more than two decades of field, technical, commercial, and executive leadership experience.

His expertise spans geotechnical and civil engineering, construction delivery, and oil and gas procurement. He has directed complex engineering and construction assignments in Canada and South Sudan, combining technical judgment with disciplined execution and a strong focus on results.

Mr. Mawel is known for decisive leadership, sound business judgment, and a commitment to professionalism, accountability, and dependable delivery.

Before founding Liberty, he advanced his career with respected engineering and energy organizations, including WSP, Stantec, Wood PLC, Klohn Crippen Berger, and Syncrude Canada, now part of Suncor. This global-standard experience continues to inform Liberty’s disciplined operating culture and commitment to exceptional client service.

Femi Ade has over 25 years of consulting, construction, research and management experience in civil and environmental engineering. He has a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from University of Ilorin, Nigeria and practised for three years as a structural engineer and a highway engineer before embarking on graduate studies at University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada where he obtained his doctorate degree.

Dr Ade worked for Golder Associates, Canada for about 14 years mostly on water management facilities for oil sands projects and their environmental impacts, covering all phases of project development including construction, operation and closure. While at Golder, Dr. Ade managed the Water Resources Group of about 30 employees for 2 years during which he was awarded the Integrity Award (2006) and the President’s Leadership Award, and his group got the Exceptional Group Performance Award (2007). He became an Associate of the company in 2006.

Dr Ade left Golder to work for Total Exploration & Production Canada (TEPCA) in 2011 as a Senior Environmental Advisor and Environmental Manager for Joslyn North Mine Project to manage environmental deliverables to support operations. In 2015, Dr. Ade accepted the position of Vice President of Liberty with responsibilities to oversee the day-to-day administrative and operational functions, as well as support business development efforts.

Henry Kiyonga is a civil engineer trained at Kyambogo University in Kampala. He has over 20 years of building and road construction experience in Uganda and South Sudan. He is also a teacher trained at Kyambogo University and he is registered by the Ministry of Education and Sports in Uganda.

Eng. Kiyonga joined Liberty in 2013 as a Senior Civil Engineer and since then he has executed several engineering and construction projects as a project engineer, quantity surveyor, project manager and technical advisor. Henry’s excellent leadership and perseverance have helped him to provide mentorship, training and professional guidance to many young engineers especially in the areas of project management, budget control and costing.

Eng. Kiyonga was promoted to the position of Engineering Manager in 2016 to oversee the Engineering Department and Procurement & Logistics Department.