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| Destinations of the World (DOTW), a global travel industry wholesaler, has appointed Steve Harrop as General Manager, MEA-CIS/Russia, in addition to his responsibilities as Group Chief Financial Officer.
www.dotw.com
Press release 2009 Posted by abraham, Thursday, 2nd July 2009 | | Noble Denton, the leading global offshore engineering and marine services company, today announces the appointment of Ian Bonnon as group director, renewables.
www.nobledenton.com
Press release 2009 Posted by abraham, Tuesday, 30th June 2009 | | The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) has appointed Professor Hamid M.K. Al-Naimiy, Dean of the College of Sciences at the University of Sharjah (UOS), as Project Scientist for the UAE National Astronomical Observatory and Telescope project.
www.eiast.ae
Press release 2009 Posted by Archana, Tuesday, 30th June 2009 | | Aetna Global Benefits (AGB)appointed Mustafa Asaad has Deputy Managing Director in the Middle East and Africa.
www.aetna.com
Press release 2009 Posted by Archana, Monday, 29th June 2009 | | Avnet Technology Solutions EMEA appoints Jamal Qaffaf as General Manager for Middle East
www.ts.avnet.com/emea/
Press release 2009 Posted by Archana, Monday, 29th June 2009 | | Atlas Telecom (provider of intelligent and secure telecommunications networks and security solutions)announced the appointment of Thierry Louesse as their Managing Director.
www.atlastelecom.ae
Press release Posted by Archana, Sunday, 28th June 2009 | | HBG Holdings ('HBG'), a leading private equity investor and fund management business operating in the Middle East region, welcomed Michael Toxvaerd to its team as Executive Director.
www.hbgholdings.com
Press release 2009 Posted by joyMaria, Thursday, 25th June 2009 | | DP World appoints Joost Kruijning as Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Africa region.
www.dpworld.com
Press release 2009 Posted by joyMaria, Thursday, 25th June 2009 | | Man/Age appoints Jacqui McCumiskey as General Manager responsible for the daily operations of its three luxury male spa outlets in the UAE
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Press release 2009 Posted by joyMaria, Wednesday, 24th June 2009 | | Arabian Adventures appoints Denise Heckscher as new Business Development Manager.
Arabian Adventures, part of the Emirates Group and the region's leading Destination Management Company
Media Contact:
Martine van Wyk,
FD Dubai Limited
Tel: (+971 4 332 8832,
Press Release 2009 Posted by joyMaria, Tuesday, 23rd June 2009 | | Intel appoints Gordon G. Graylish as VP, EMEA.Intel Corporation announed the appointment of Gordon G. Graylish as Vice President of Intel Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Deputy General Manager for the region.
www.intel.com
Posted by joyMaria, Tuesday, 23rd June 2009 | | Mina A' Salam hotel,Jumeirah Group, the Dubai-based luxury hospitality company and member of Dubai Holding, has announced the appointment of new General Manager Mr.Mahmoud Sakr
www.jumeriah.com Posted by joyMaria, Monday, 22nd June 2009 | | David King appointed FD's Chairman for the Gulf region.Financial Dynamics International (FD), one of the world's leading financial & corporate communications consultancies, has today announced that David King has joined as Chairman, Gulf Region.
www.fd.com Posted by joyMaria, Monday, 22nd June 2009 | | Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance (Aman) has promoted Miss Amal Alrayisi to Acting Manager for Aman branch office in Sharjah and the Northern Emirates.
www.aman.ae Posted by joyMaria, Monday, 22nd June 2009 | | Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, has appointed Ramzi Fawaz as Senior Manager, Human Resources, Middle East and Africa.
www.amadeus.com
press release 2009 Posted by joyMaria, Sunday, 21st June 2009 | | Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC), an autonomous Organisation under Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India have reappointed Mr Kamal Vachani as Hon. Regional Director of Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) for the UAE and Middle East.
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For more information, please contact:
Kamal Vachani
Director
Al Maya Group
P.O. Box 8476
Dubai, U.A.E.
Tel: +971 4 2822555
Fax: +971 4 2820092 Posted by joyMaria, Wednesday, 17th June 2009 | | Seagate appoints Mark Whitby as Vice President, Sales and Marketing, EMEA
Seagate announced today that Mark Whitby has been appointed Vice President, Sales and Marketing, for Europe, Middle East and Africa
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About Seagate
Seagate is the worldwide leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions.
For more information, please contact:
Tarek El-Moukachar
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller
Tel: 971 4 3344550
www.seagate.com
Posted by joyMaria, Wednesday, 17th June 2009 | | Sun Microsystems announces Marc Heger as new General Manager for Mena region
Sun Microsystems this week named regional veteran, Marc Heger, as General Manager for the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) Region, with immediate effect, while former Managing Director, Chris Cornelius, moves to Sun's Emerging Markets Region to identify new business development opportunities.
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A singular vision -- 'The Network Is The Computer'(TM) -- guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age.
Media Contacts:
Amber Dale
The Portsmouth Group
Tel:- +971 4 369 3574
www.sun.com Posted by joyMaria, Wednesday, 17th June 2009 | | Rasmala announced the appointment of Mr. David Woods as the Chief Operating Officer.Mr. Woods comes to Rasmala having previously held the position of Chief Operating Officer of ABN-AMRO (Middle East).
Press release
Rasmala is a leading regional Investment Banking firm, headquartered in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), with regulated subsidiaries in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Oman. With $1.2bn of assets under management, Rasmala's core business activities include Private Equity, Asset Management, Corporate Finance and Brokerage.
For more information, please contact:
Maha Masri
Head of Corporate Communications
Tel: +971 4 363 5600
www.rasmala.com
Posted by joyMaria, Tuesday, 16th June 2009 | | Rasmala announced today the appointment of Mr. Ali al Shihabi as the Executive Chairman of the Board.Mr. al Shihabi the founder of Rasmala has held the post of Chief Executive Officer since the inception of Rasmala.
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Rasmala is a leading regional Investment Banking firm, headquartered in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), with regulated subsidiaries in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Oman. With $1.2bn of assets under management, Rasmala's core business activities include Private Equity, Asset Management, Corporate Finance and Brokerage.
For more information, please contact:
Maha Masri
Head of Corporate Communications
Tel: +971 4 363 5600
website-www.rasmala.com
Posted by joyMaria, Tuesday, 16th June 2009 | | Waha Capital PJSC, the Abu Dhabi-based, ADX-listed and diversified holding company, has appointed Salem Rashid Al Noaimi as its CEO.Al Noaimi previously served as Deputy CEO of the company and CEO of Waha Leasing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Waha Capital.
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Waha Capital PJSC is an Abu Dhabi-based and Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX)-listed, diversified, investments holding company, which was created by restructuring Oasis International Leasing Company PJSC in February 2008.
For further information, please contact:
Chiara Orticio
PR Coordinator
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller
P.O. Box 44281, Abu Dhabi, UAE
T: +971 2 6334133 Posted by joyMaria, Tuesday, 16th June 2009 | | Rasmala announced the appointment of Mr. Tamer Bazzari as the Chief Executive Office
Press relase
Rasmala is a leading regional Investment Banking firm, headquartered in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), with regulated subsidiaries in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Oman. With $1.2bn of assets under management, Rasmala's core business activities include Private Equity, Asset Management, Corporate Finance and Brokerage.
For more information, please contact:
Maha Masri
Head of Corporate Communications
Tel: +971 4 363 5600
website-www.rasmala.com Posted by joyMaria, Tuesday, 16th June 2009 | | Yousif Al Ali appointed as Vice-President of Mirdif City Centre
Majid Al Futtaim Properties, the developers of Mirdif City Centre, are pleased to announce the appointment of Yousif Al Ali as the mall's Vice-President.
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Majid Al Futtaim Properties, a subsidiary of the Majid Al Futtaim Group, primarily focuses on the development of shopping malls, hotels and mixed-use community projects across the region. An ambitious growth and marketing strategy has enabled the company to build and maintain a leading position in shopping malls throughout the Middle East. It has nine operating centres totalling 720,000 square metres of GLA including 4 centres in UAE, 2 in Egypt, 2 in Oman and 1 in Bahrain.
www.majidalfuttaim.com
Posted by joyMaria, Monday, 15th June 2009 | | Raffles Dubai recently appointed Dima Ayad, a Lebanese - French citizen, as its Director of Marketing and Communications.
Ayad graduated from the American University in Dubai, UAE, where she received her Bachelor of Business Administration - Marketing Major. She brings with her a broad understanding of the regional Media market and extensive communications skills.
Prior to joining Raffles Dubai, Ayad worked for the past year as Marketing Manager for Dubai Holding and held a previous hospitality experience as Resort F &B Marketing Manager at Madinat Jumeirah, where she oversaw a portfolio of 46 restaurants and bars.
Press release 2009 Posted by abraham, Sunday, 14th June 2009 | | Amadeus appoints Regional Business Development Director,Nasser Bat to oversee MEA operations(Middle East and Africa)Batha has more than 25 years of travel industry work experience including successful stints at Emirates Airlines, where he was the Area Manager for Dubai and Northern Emirates, and at KLM as Director of Marketing for Middle East, Central and South Asia. Prior to joining Amadeus, Nasser worked with Al Shamel Holding in Dubai where he was the Chief Operating Officer. Nasser holds a Masters degree in Business Administration and is fluent in English, Arabic, and Hindi.
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Company website- http://www.amadeus.com Posted by abraham, Sunday, 14th June 2009 | | Al Murooj Rotana Dubai appoints Nadim El Zyr as Director of Front Office.Being originally from Lebanon,Nadim holds Bachelor's degree in the International Hotel Management from Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne.His expertise covers the areas of Revenue and Front Office operation and is supported by international career with some of leading chains including Marriott and Mandarin Oriental.Nadim has joined Al Murooj from its sister property Al Bustan Rotana Dubai where he held the position of Assistant Front Office Manager for the past two years.In his new role, Nadim El Zyr will lead the multinational Front Office team of the property. His main focus will be on delivering the best of customer service and ensuring the highest possible levels of guest satisfaction rate.
www.rotana.com
Press release Posted on Thursday, 11th June 2009 | | Arabian Park Hotel, Rohit Rattan has been appointed as the new Head of Sales and Marketing.Prior to joining Arabian Park Hotel Rattan worked for numerous hotel groups within the region, and has more than 10 years experience working in the Middle East.
Rattan started his career in the Middle East as Corporate Sales Executive for the Sheraton Doha in Qatar, and later moved to Dubai where he worked as Corporate Sales Executive for the Jumeirah Group of hotels for a period of five years. Rattan joined the Chedi Muscat as Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing for two years,Rattan worked as Assistant Director of Sales for the Taj West End in Bangalore for almost a year, before returning to the Middle East as Director of Sales for the Six Senses Spa in Doha.
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Posted on Thursday, 11th June 2009 | | MWH appointed Dr. Paul F. Boulos as President of the new region.MWH, the wet infrastructure sector leader and global provider of environmental engineering, construction and strategic consulting services, announced a new region to focus on growth opportunities in the Middle East.The Middle East region, formerly part of the MWH Europe, Middle East and Africa area, is a distinct business geography encompassing countries in the Middle East and several countries in the North African Mediterranean rim. Boulos earned a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Kentucky and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
He serves as Chairman of the Board of International Advisors of the Lebanese American University and is a Director of AMIDEAST. Posted on Wednesday, 10th June 2009 | | Arabian Travel Market has appointed Adele Totterdale as Regional Account Executive, Hotels Companies, Car Rentals and Africa. Ms.Totterdale, who holds a Masters in Marketing Management from Southampton Institute, UK, is responsible for the hotels, car rentals and Africa region of Arabian Travel Market. Ms Totterdale is also tasked with retaining and growing existing accounts as well as establishing new business relationships and developing targeted regional exhibitor promotional campaigns. Ms. Totterdale joins the Arabian Travel Market team from Reed Travel Exhibitions' flagship event, World Travel Market, where she held the role of Sales Executive for the Asian, African, Middle East and UK regions. Prior to this, Ms. Totterdale was a member of the British Travel Trade Fair sales team. Posted on Wednesday, 10th June 2009 | | Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Leadership Development appoints Awadh Seghayer Al-Ketbi as CEO.
Al-Ketbi has been a distinguished alumnus of the MBRPLD Government Leaders level and has made significant contributions to develop the structure and programs of the UAE's premier leadership development initiative.
Al-Ketbi, who holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Schiller International University in the UK, brings with him a solid 14-year managerial track record, having worked with some of the most successful and influential public and private sector organisations in the UAE, including Majid Al Futtaim Group, Department of Trade and Commerce Marketing, Dubai Convention Bureau and Dubai Cruise Terminal.
Press Release Posted on Tuesday, 9th June 2009 | | The Adobe Dubai office, appointed Abdallah Saqqa as General Manager of Adobe Middle East for its new local office. The Adobe Dubai office, headed by Abdallah Saqqa as General Manager of Adobe Middle East, will be dedicated to serving and supporting partners and customers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and several other countries in the region.
Prior to joining Adobe, Saqqa held several sales management positions in the region, including acting general manager and regional distribution sales manager at Advanced Micro Devices, and OEM sales manager for Microsoft.
Press Release Posted on Monday, 8th June 2009 | | STC(Saudi Telecom Co)announced the appointment of Eng. Saud bin Majed Al Daweesh as CEO for STC Group following new organizational restructuring in order to cope with the large expansion of STC operations both locally and internationally.
This change represents the first phase of STC's planned development and growth in order to keep abreast with its local and international investments and enable it to lead its operations in full force as a global enterprise.
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Posted on Monday, 8th June 2009 | | Abu Dhabi Media Company today appointed Martin Newland, the founding Editor in Chief of The National, will spearhead expansion of the newspaper's brand across the company's range of platforms and services in a new role as Editorial Director. Posted on Monday, 8th June 2009 | | Etihad Airways has appointed Hasan A Saleh Al-Hammadi to the position of vice president special projects.Mr Al-Hammadi's role will be to undertake special liaison tasks and projects relating to protocol, the security services in Abu Dhabi, government departments and Emiratisation.
Mr Al-Hammadi, a United Arab Emirates national, has more than 25 years experience in senior government sector positions relating to security, intelligence, national and international political relationships, protocol and diplomatic affairs.
His previous positions have included various roles within the UAE government. Mr Al-Hammadi has a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the UK.
Press Release Posted on Monday, 8th June 2009 | | Honeywell appoints Edwin Van Den Maagdenberg to Vice President for Process Solutions business in EMEA.Van den Maagdenberg was formerly regional general manager for Process Solutions in Northern Europe. He replaces Norm Gilsdorf, who was promoted to president of Honeywell Process Solutions.Van den Maagdenberg joined Honeywell Process Solutions in 1988 as a sales support engineer and has since held leadership positions in sales, project operations and general management. Van den Maagdenberg also worked for Vonk Systems as Sales Manager for Middle East and Africa from 1996-1998.
Van den Maagdenberg holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Higher Technical College in Alkmaar, The Netherlands.
Press Release Posted on Sunday, 7th June 2009 | | AW Rostamani appoints Mr.Felix Welch as Sales and Marketing Director.Mr. Welch will direct the sales and marketing activities of the Nissan, Infiniti and Renault brands for Arabian Automobiles as well as AW Rostamani's recently formed vehicle leasing company 'Shift Leasing'.
Additionally Mr. Welch will be responsible for Arabian Automobiles Pre-Owned Quality Cars.
Press Release Posted on Sunday, 7th June 2009 | | Airport International Group appoints Ms. Abulkheir as Business Development Executive. Ms. Abulkheir is responsible for all aspects of new business development at Queen Alia International Airport, including air service and route development. In her new role, she also assumes responsibility for communications and press relations for AIG. Ms. Abulkheir is based at AIG headquarters in Amman.
Press Release Posted on Sunday, 7th June 2009 | | Bee'ah, The Sharjah Environment Company announced the appointment of Mr. Jeremy Byatt, Director, Environmental Responsibility.Jeremy Byatt was principal of ClearIdeas, a company he founded with the purpose of solving public affairs-related problems and building the organisational capacity of clients. He also brings with him experience from Friends of the Earth and the United Nations.
Press Release Posted on Sunday, 7th June 2009 | | University of Wollongong in Dubai appointed Mohamed Khalifa as Vice President at University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD).
Professor Mohamed Khalifa, a distinguished academic who held senior positions at Concordia University in Canada, the City University of Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi University.
Prof Khalifa received his Bachelor in Informatics from the Institut Superieur de Gestion de Tunis in 1983,a M.A. in Decision Sciences from the Wharton Business School (University of Pennsylvania) in 1986, and a PhD in Management Information Systems from the Wharton Business School in 1991.
http://www.uowdubai.ac.ae/
Posted on Saturday, 6th June 2009 | | d1g.com appoints Yahoo vice president Dr.Usama Fayyad as executive chairman.Social Networking and video portal site d1g.com, which allows users to share, discuss, and distribute rich online content, has tapped into the knowledge and expertise of online data mining and data strategist, Dr. Usama Fayyad, to help catalyze the company into its next stage of growth.
Dr. Usama Fayyad served as Yahoo!'s Chief Data Officer and Executive Vice President of Research & Strategic Data Solution. Dr. Fayyad was responsible for Yahoo!'s overall data strategy, architecting Yahoos data policies and systems, prioritizing data investments, and managing Yahoos data process infrastructure which processed and mined over 25 Terabytes of data per day resulting from Yahoo!'s over 500 million users globally. Posted on Saturday, 6th June 2009 |
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