Mamoon Alyah is the founder and Managing Director of CEERISK Consulting Ltd., with over 35 years of experience in electrical engineering, forensic investigation, and risk consulting. He is a Chartered Engineer (UK), a licensed Professional Engineer (USA), and a Certified Risk Management Professional, holding an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.
Mr. Alyah has led technical investigations into electrical failures, fire incidents, and infrastructure damage across multiple jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, Iraq, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada. He provides expert analysis and reporting for insurance claims, regulatory compliance, and legal proceedings. His work integrates hands-on engineering knowledge with strategic risk insight, serving energy providers, insurers, legal teams, and industrial clients,
Areas of Expertise
- Electrical and mechanical failure investigations
- Fire and explosion origin and cause analysis
- Arc flash, short circuit, and HV system assessments
- Risk surveys for power plants, substations, and industrial facilities
- Technical reporting for insurers and legal representatives
- Regulatory compliance reviews (BS, IEC, NFPA, IEEE)
- Enterprise risk management (ERM) for infrastructure projects
Education & Credentials
- MBA – Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, USA
- BSc in Electrical Engineering – Kuwait University
- Chartered Engineer (CEng), UK
- Professional Engineer (PE), USA
- Certified Risk Management Professional (IRMCert) – Institute of Risk Management, UK
Geographic Experience
- United Kingdom, UK United States, USA Canada Germany Iraq Jordan United Arab Emirates, UAE Saudi Arabia Turkey Egypt Morocco Slovakia Singapore Australia
Solar PV Power
- Prepared expert report and provided expert testimony at an arbitration matter in Singapore, which involved the design of junction boxes in thousands (182,000+) of PV modules that were installed in different locations throughout the USA. The dispute involved claims of design defect and the impact of partial shading on the different PV modules.
- Prepared an expert report related to the installation of earthing system in a large PV utility-scale power plant in Egypt in the Middle East.
- Investigated total loss at a utility-scale PV plant in North Jordan that was damaged as a result of wind storms. The investigation led to conclusions that dealt with defects of design of the PV panel tracker systems and PV modules which were litigated in a European court.
- Investigated the root cause of a fire in a VAR-Compensator used at a PV solar power plant in South Jordan to improve power quality before connection to the EHV transmission substation. The investigation involved performing inspections, design review and analysis of power outputs of the PV plant and the connection to the grid.
Wind Farms and Turbines
- Prepared an expert witness report in relation to a catastrophic failure in cable boxes at an offshore wind farm off the shores of London. The failures were caused by workmanship deficiencies during the installation of HV busducts into the cable boxes at the substation.
- Prepared an expert report and scheduled to give evidence in litigation involving the supply and installation of LV electrical cables and systems inside WTG’s tower in West Australia.
- Instructed an expert to investigate serial failures of converters inside offshore WTG in the Irish Sea.
- Investigated and prepared an expert report with opinions related to cable ducting defects in wind turbine towers in Scotland, UK. This included verification of adequacy of design specifications, installation methods, impact of variations on various electrical systems in addition to a number of other issues.
Transformers
- Investigated fire and explosion in a 374-MVA power transformer in a transmission substation in California, USA. The investigation involved forensic testing and examination of HV bushing in Germany and tear down of the transformer in San Diego, California, USA.
- Investigated an explosion in a 345-kV (EHV) bushing in a generation substation in Connecticut, USA. Following a 2-year investigation of damaged components, prepared an expert report and testified in deposition for over two days, presenting opinions related to the incident. The case was litigated in the Superior Court in Connecticut, USA.
Electrical Faults
- Prepared an expert report and testified at arbitration hearing regarding a dispute during the construction of a large gas turbine power plant in Jordan. The dispute centred on decisions by the EPC contractor to delay energisation of the plant following a catastrophic failure in one of the HV circuits connected to the substation that allowed the plant to supply power to the grid.
- Acted as an expert witness in ICC arbitration proceedings in DIFC courts concerning a construction dispute involving the design, accreditation and installation of switchgear and MCC assemblies at a district cooling plant in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- Acted as an expert witness testifying in a jury trial regarding the failure of an underground cable joint in the State of Minnesota, USA.
- Testified in arbitration proceedings by American Arbitration Association (AAA) in the US State of Illinois in a matter involving the failure of electrical switchgear assemblies and cable installations.
- Prepared expert report regarding an electrical failure in a switchgear assembly at a TV production facility in Leeds, England. Prepared expert report for solicitors who used the findings in mediation.
- Investigated and prepared expert report on failure in a large electric motor used in a car crusher in Flint, Michigan in the USA. Testified in deposition at Circuit Court for the County of Genesee in the State of Michigan
- Investigated injury to an electrical contractor at a power plant who died as a result of injuries sustained when he was electrocuted while affecting repairs in a switchgear in a coal fired power station in Joliet, Illinois.
Gas Turbines
- Prepared an expert report and testified at arbitration hearing regarding a dispute during the construction of a large gas turbine power plant in Jordan. The dispute centred on decisions by the EPC contractor to delay energisation of the plant following a catastrophic failure in one of the HV circuits connected to the substation that allowed the plant to supply power to the grid.
- Corrosion and erosion of blades caused by steam contamination in a steam turbine at plant in Wolverhampton, UK.
- Overspeed in an Ansaldo steam turbine at geothermal power plant in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Blade liberation in an Alstom steam turbine at thermal power plant in Helwan, Egypt.
- Thrust bearing failure in MAN S-Series GT Type 3 gas turbine at co-generation power plant in Slovakia.
- Turbine blade fractures in a gas turbine in a power plant in KSA (Eastern Province.)
- Combustor failure in a dual fuel gas turbine in a power plant in KSA (Eastern Province.)
- Compressor Blade failure in multiple gas turbines at a power plant in KSA (Eastern Province.)
- High vibration and damage to turbine section of a GT at a power plant in Sandbach; UK.
- Blade failure at a GE IDF (Induced Draft Fan) at a power plant under construction in Yanbu, KSA.
