Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), one of the world's leading aluminium smelters based in Bahrain, today (January 29) marked the final session of  the 2017 ‘Town Hall Meetings’ which was held at Alba Oasis Hall, in Manama.

The meetings commenced on January 15, and covered more than 89 per cent of Alba’s workforce through nine sessions, said a statement from the company.

This year, the ‘Town Hall Meetings’ sessions also witnessed the participation of dignitaries from various private and public organisations in Bahrain, it said.

Tim Murray, CEO of Alba, said: “The meeting was launched with the purpose of establishing a direct line of communication between employees and the management as well as to convey our company’s performance and expectations in a simple and transparent manner.”

“We believe that these sessions help bridge the gap between different layers of the company and build synergy amongst various teams,” he said.

“Alba had a great year in terms of safety and operational achievements in 2016. We must now prepare for 2017 as what makes us successful at one level is not what makes us successful at the next,” he said.

“By building on our 2017 Expectations, namely: Safety Tomorrowland; Line 6 Transformation; Titan DNA and Do Your Job A+, we aim to exceed our targets and achieve beyond excellence in everything we do,” he added.

The meeting was a special initiative introduced by Murray in January 2014 as a way of directly communicating with the employees and updating them on the company’s performance and achievements of the past year and the goals for the coming year, it stated. – TradeArabia News Service