Al Ansari
Alba’s chief operations officer to retire in March
MANAMA, January 25, 2016
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) said its chief operations officer (COO) Isa Al Ansari, will be retiring at the end of March after 32 years with the company.
Al Ansari joined Alba in 1983 as an apprentice and served in key departments such as operations, human resources, maintenance planning, IT, procurement and supply chain, said a statement.
In April 2010, he was promoted to the executive position of chief supply chain officer, where he was in charge of all strategic supply chain and procurement functions, it said.
In January 2011, Al Ansari was appointed acting chief operations officer in addition to his role as chief supply chain officer. In June 2012, he was officially appointed as Alba’s chief operations officer, where he was responsible for significant increase in overall production levels and efficiencies.
Al Ansari led many employee training programmes, which focused on the development of Bahraini nationals into management positions within Alba.
Tim Murray, chief executive officer, said: "I would like to thank Isa for his numerous contributions to Alba during his tenure with the Company. Isa is a great example of Alba’s objective to promote people from within the company.
“He started as an apprentice in 1983 and worked all the way up the ladder when he was promoted to the executive level in 2010. In his last role as the chief operations officer, he played an instrumental role in the improvement in safety and production with Alba setting the all-time production record of 960,643 mt in 2015.
“Isa played a key role in training and development of Bahrainis and helped Alba achieve a Bahrainisation level of 87 per cent. We are very grateful to Isa for his dedicated service and we wish him all the best going forward.” - TradeArabia News Service
