Yahsat Announces New Board Appointments and Chief Executive Officer
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ABU DHABI, UAE, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors. Musabbeh Al Kaabi, CEO of the UAE Investments platform at Mubadala Investment Company PJSC (Mubadala), will assume the position of Chairman of the Board, and Badr Al Olama, Executive Director of the UAE Clusters unit within Mubadala s UAE Investments platform, will join as a Board member.
Musabbeh Al Kaabi, Chairman of Yahsat
Ali Al Hashemi, Chief Executive Officer Designate – Yahsat Group
Mr Al Hashemi is currently the chief executive of Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the mobile satellite services subsidiary of Yahsat. He is also the general manager of Yahsat Government Solutions.
Mr Al Hashemi’s appointment “is a direct result of Yahsat’s deep long-term succession planning initiatives and will ensure that the company maintains its momentum on the strategic vision and objectives that have been at the heart of Yahsat’s transformational journey, making it one of the top eight operators in the world in just ten years of operation , Yahsat, said.
The company s chief executive Masood Mahmood will join the board of directors after stepping down from his current role on April 18.
Credit: MoHAP
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is on track to launch its National Unified Medical Record (NUMR) platform in 2021, the country’s Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has confirmed.
Called Riayati, the NUMR system is set to connect 3,000+ UAE public and private sector healthcare providers, with the aim to be able to efficiently share data in real-time throughout the country. This week, MoHAP announced it is now working with the Department of Health (DoH) Abu Dhabi and the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) to put into place the “final preparations to link Riayati with all other affiliate medical records – including Nabidh and Malaffi.”