Etihad Airways, the national airline of UAE, has welcomed its 2,000th Emirati member of staff to the airline.

Mohamed Al Mansoori recently joined the airline’s Human Resources team as senior manager- People Reward and Policy.

A graduate of the University of Hull in the UK, Mansoori brings with him a wealth of knowledge in Human resource management. He joins Etihad Airways from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) where he worked in various senior roles including senior specialist strategies and studies and senior specialist compensation and benefits for Asia Pacific and the Middle East based out of Singapore.

Having worked in the UAE’s oil and gas industry for over six years, Mohamed gained extensive experience in the areas of people reward policies and international remuneration packages.

He played an important role in major HR projects and initiatives in ADNOC including the complete revamp and automation of their Performance Management System, job evaluation and alignment, workforce planning, employee surveys, succession planning and development of the HR Balance Scorecard. He also worked on developing international packages and HR policies in more than 14 countries in the Asia Pacific region including Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and China.

Ray Gammell, Etihad Airways chief people and performance officer, said: “We are delighted to welcome Mohamed to the Etihad Airways family.”

“As the national airline of the UAE we are committed to growing and developing a highly qualified cadre of UAE Nationals and empowering them to play an even greater role in our world-class business,” he said.

Etihad Airways has received widespread praise for its UAE National development strategy aimed at building airline specific capability for the future with over twenty specialised programmes across the business for graduate managers including sales and airport operations managers, cadet pilots, technical engineers, and guest services and contact centre agents.

With the aim of diversifying its offering and training UAE Nationals in all aspects of the aviation business, Etihad Airways had recently expanded its UAE national development efforts with the launch of a two-year Graduate Finance Development Programme and plans to launch new specialised programmes in government affairs, network planning, properties and logistics.

The airline had also recently unveiled major plans to accelerate Emirati employment over the coming five years.

Gammell said: ““We have made huge strides, been widely praised for our efforts, and are looking forward to supporting even more UAE nationals across the business as we embark on our plans to welcome more than 6,000 UAE Nationals in the airline by 2020.” – TradeArabia News Service