Ithmaar Bank recognizes Bahraini skills

04/10/2017 05:34 AST

ITHMAAR Bank, a Bahrain-based Islamic retail bank, announced Tuesday the promotion of two key members of its management team and the appointment of a third.

Abdulla Abdulaziz Ali Taleb was promoted to Assistant General Manager, Head of the Commercial and Financial Institutions department; Ahmed Fareed Saud Buqais was promoted to Senior Manager and assigned Head of Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure and Operations in the IT department; and Rashed Ahmed Rashed Almuawada was appointed as a Manager Information Security and Compliance, Risk Management department.

Ithmaar Bank Chief Executive Officer Ahmed Abdul Rahim, congratulated the employees and said the announcement is in-line with the bank’s long-standing commitments to reinforcing its merit-based culture and to developing its national workforce.

“Ithmaar Bank recognizes its employees as its greatest asset, and we have long maintained that, ultimately, it is our people who drive our growth and continued success,” said Abdul Rahim. “As a result, we work to continuously enhance our well established performance-focused culture of equal opportunity,” he said.

“These latest promotions and appointment underscore how seriously we take these commitments, and I wish Abdulla, Ahmed and Rashed continued success in the careers,” said Abdul Rahim. “I am confident that, with their contributions, the Bank will continue to grow towards our shared vision of becoming the region’s premier Islamic retail bank,” he said.

“As a pioneering Islamic retail bank, Ithmaar Bank has also long-recognized the important role we must play in contributing to the development of Bahrain’s Islamic banking industry,” said Abdul Rahim. “This includes continuously developing our own national workforce through various training opportunities,” he said.

Saudi Gazette