The American Chamber of Commerce Bahrain (AmCham Bahrain) has announced the appointment of two new board members, David Caston, who serves as business development manager at Tamimi Group (commercial division) and Zahraa Taher, the managing director of FinMark Communications.

Caston, who has lived in the region since 2000, has served on the American Business Association-Eastern Provence Board in Saudi Arabia, where he led their successful annual golf tournament. He has also presented numerous “Doing Business in the Middle East” seminars to business leaders in the US.
   
Taher is Bahrain entrepreneur and communications expert with nearly two decades of  regional public relations and event management experience.

She is also a board member of the Bahrain Professional Women and the Bahrain India Society. FinMark Communications, of which she is a co-founder, is also a strategic partner of AmCham, helping increase its visibility and grow its membership and capacity.  

On the appointment, Caston said: "I look forward to serving AmCham and bringing my experience of fund raising and speaking on the benefits of doing business in Bahrain to US business audiences, as well as continuing AmCham’s advocacy work on issues that impact business in Bahrain on the DC Door Knock trip this pring.”
 
In her comments, Taher said: "Continuing to build AmCham's profile and awareness of its advocacy on behalf of Bahraini and US companies is a major goal and I look forward to putting my knowledge of the communications market and networks to use in order to help AmCham to enhance its outreach efforts to both current and potential members."

Welcoming the duo, AmCham president Qays Zu’bi, said: "AmCham continues to grow and broaden its outreach and services to the business community in Bahrain. In doing so, we are building a board with diverse skills to lead the organisation to ever greater endeavors."

"These appointments add to our diversity and strength by bringing another US citizen and a Bahraini woman to the board," he added.-TradeArabia News Service