Tim Murray, the chief executive of Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), one of the largest and modern aluminium smelters in the world, was honoured with the Top CEO Awards 2018 at an event held recently in Saudi Arabia.

The Top CEO Conference and Awards, organised by Trends magazine and leading international business school Insead, celebrates the region’s best-performing CEOs from companies that are listed on the stock exchanges of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman.

Murray won top recognition at the event held at King Abdullah Economic City under the theme “Paradigm Shift.”

Commenting on the award, Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa, the chairman of Alba’s board of directors, said: "I congratulate Murray on winning the prestigious Top CEO Award. His passion for workplace safety and operational excellence have played an instrumental role in shaping Alba to where it is today."

"Alba is steered by a very able and well-aligned executive management team. I thank them all for their diligent efforts to transform Alba into the world’s largest single-site smelter as we progress with our landmark project, Line 6 Expansion Project," he added.

The Top CEO Conference and Awards function was attended by several business leaders and more than 30 expert speakers from across the Middle East spoke on the current issues facing the corporate world today in a series of keynote sessions.-TradeArabia News Service