{"id":7358,"date":"2015-10-23T16:32:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T14:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sa.zain.com\/about\/zain-ksa-board-of-directors-appoints-new-chairman\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:02:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:02:57","slug":"zain-ksa-board-of-directors-appoints-new-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sa.zain.com\/about\/zain-ksa-board-of-directors-appoints-new-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Zain KSA board of directors appoints new Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zain KSA Board of Directors approved the appointment of HH Prince. Naif bin Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer as Chairman of the company (independent Member) and Mr. Bader bin Nasser Al-Kharafi as vice Chairman of the board (non-executive Member). This came after the resignation of former Chairman Eng. Farhan bin Naif Al Jarbaa.<br \/>\nThe Board of Directors took this decision in an important time to the company. As Zain\u2019s financial indicators makes rising curves, the Board is opting to support the company to achieve its goals.<br \/>\nBoard members expressed their gratitude to Eng. Farhan Al Jarbaa for his valuable participation throughout his membership in the Board of Directors, and for his efforts in supporting the company.<br \/>\nHH Prince. Naif bin Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer is an experienced Saudi businessman and holds a seat on the boards of Almarai Company, Alyamamah Cement Company, Farabi Gulf Petrochemicals Company, Projects and Technical Contracting Establishment and Ashbal Al Arab Contracting Establishment. He attained a BSc in Business Administration (Marketing) from King Saud University.<br \/>\nMr. Bader bin Nasser Al Kharafi was appointed Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Board Member in a number of companies in Al-Kharafi Group inside and outside Kuwait, Board Member at Gulf Bank, and Middle East Advisory Board of wealth division of Coutts Bank, Vice Chairman of Zain Group. Mr. Al Kharafi received his education from London Business School and Kuwait University.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zain KSA Board of Directors appoints new Chairman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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