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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.
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Recent webinar organised by Dubai Chamber’s representative office in Azerbaijan in cooperation with Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Russian Food House in Dubai.
Russian food manufacturers can benefit from leveraging the UAE as a strategic hub to boost and diversify exports globally, industry experts said during a recent webinar hosted by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s representative office in Azerbaijan in the run up to Gulfood 2021.
The webinar, titled Russia-UAE Food Trade Webinar: Opportunities and Success Stories, attracted 190 participants from the UAE, Russia, and other surrounding markets, representing businesses operating in food manufacturing and trading sectors. The virtual event was organised by Dubai Chamber’s representative office in Azerbaijan in cooperation with Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry and supported by the Russian Food House in Dubai.
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Al Hashemi also announced that bed occupancy for COVID-19 patients has increased - from 7 per cent at the end of December to 9 per cent in the middle of January.
As for the percentage of positive COVID-19 cases to swabs conducted, there has also been a slight increase given that a month ago Kuwait was at 4 per cent compared to 5.2 per cent in the past week.