Young Arab Leaders (YAL), the region’s foremost development platform for business, public sector and civil society leaders, has elected new executive boards for the first time in its history.

YAL is a regional, not-for-profit organisation and is a network of members, who are young Arab men and women, with diverse areas of expertise, and with the aim to be the triggers for positive change for the future generations of the Arab World.

YAL has members from various Arab countries and currently have YAL Chapters in 6 Arab countries. The elections process was announced on February 27, 2008, and communicated to all the members of chapters where elections were being held.

The elections concluded on May 23. YAL has announced election results for six countries where elections were held. The chapter countries for which results have been announced are Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, Lebanon and UAE. 

“Our members and our country chapters are the strong foundation for the successful outreach and implementation of all of YAL’s goals, programs and initiatives. The YAL membership base is expanding gradually with the number of chapters increasing consistently,” chairman of the board of YAL Dr Omar Bin Sulaiman.

The following are the newly elect executive board:
UAE Chapter - Sultan Al Qassemi , Muna Al Gurg, Abdulla Bin Sugat, Mohammed S. Sulaiman, Mohamed Khammas , Balsam Al Khalil ,Ghazi Atallah.
Bahrain Chapter - Shaikh Mohammed bin Essa Al-Khalifa, Mazin Al Shehabi, Raed Al Samahiji, Ahmed bin Hindi, Wajd Al Madani, Zayed AL Zayani,Tariq Al-Saffar.
Palestine Chapter - Abdul Malik Al Jaber, Kamel Husseini, Ghassan Anabtawi , Ibrahim Barham , Nedal Ismail , Maan Bseiso,Odeh Zaghmouri.
Jordan Chapter - Alaa Khaliefeh, Saad Mouasher, Haitham Dahleh,Usama Fayyad,Mustapha Tabbaa, Sharif Abu Khadra,Ahmad Attiga.
Kuwait Chapter - Farid Al-Fozan, Naif Al-Mutawa, Lamyaa Mohammad Al Rumaih, Nada al Mutwaa, Khaled Al Roudan, Rola Al Dashti, Khalid Al Zanki.
Lebanon Chapter - Marwan Kheireddine, Emile Khoury, Nader Harriri, Chadia Meouchia, Reema Freiji, Michel Fattal, Mohamad Allem, Yasseer Akkawi, Georges Abou Jaoude. – TradeArabia News Service