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Mobile Telecommunication Company Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) Announces Resignation and Appointment of a Board Member

Monday 7 December 2020

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Introduction

Mobile Telecommunications Company Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) announces that the Board of Directors Mr. Scott Marc Gegenheimer (Non - Executive board member) has submitted his resignation from his position member of the Board of Directors due to personal reasons.

The Board of Directors would like to express it gratitude and appreciation for Mr. Scott Marc Gegenheimer unique role and the valuable participation throughout his membership in the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors has also on 06-12-2020 accepted the appointment of Mr. Kamil Hilali as member of the board (Non - Executive board member) and the appointment, these appointments will be presented to the coming general assembly meeting for approval.

 

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Resigning Member Name

Scott Marc Gegenheimer

Membership Type

Non- Executive

Resignation Submission Date

2020-12-06 Corresponding to 1442-04-21

Resignation Acceptance Date

2020-12-06 Corresponding to 1442-04-21

Resignation Effective Date

2020-12-06 Corresponding to 1442-04-21

Membership Starting Date for the Resigning Member

2019-04-26 Corresponding to 1440-08-21

Reasons of Resignation

due to personal reasons

 

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Appointed Member Name

Kamil Hilali

Membership Type

Non- Executive

Membership Start Date

2020-12-07 Corresponding to 1442-04-22

Brief Resume of the Appointed Member

Appointed Chief Strategy Officer of Zain Group in March 2018, Kamil Hilali is responsible for the development and implementation of Zain Group's '4Sight' strategy, that has seen Zain transform from being a mobile centric company to a digital service provider. With 18 years of track record in strategy and corporate development, Mr. Hilali's excellent leadership capabilities, solid technical skills and business acumen sees him managing Zain Group's digital transformation, ICT and B2B development, digital infrastructure, wholesale, business development and mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Hilali joined Zain Group in 2011 as corporate finance and business planning Director and later headed the company’s mergers & acquisitions. Over the years at Zain, he worked closely with the Group CEO and CFO in the execution of all the Group M&A and corporate development initiatives including, capital restructuring, IPOs, tower and asset divestments. Prior to joining Zain Group, Mr. Hilali worked at North Africa Holding Company, a private equity affiliate of KIPCO Group where he was a senior investment manager in the private equity division as well as been a Board member of two portfolio companies. Before that, he was manager in the asset management department at JPMorgan Chase & Co in the USA. Mr. Hilali graduated with a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering at the National School of Mineral Industry, Morocco (2001), attained a Master of Business Administration from Suffolk university in MA, USA (2005), Masters in Finance from London Business School, UK (2008) and professional Venture Capital training at Stanford university in CA, USA (2017). Fluent in English, French, and Arabic, Mr. Hilali is a Board member of the Moroccan telecom operator INWI Corp and a Board member of the Swiss based e-commerce platform Zoodmall.

 

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Date of Board Meeting in which Appointed New Member(s) were Appointed

2020-12-06 Corresponding to 1442-04-21

Board Approval

Board Approval May not be Deemed Final, this Appointment Shall Be Put before the First General Assembly Meeting for Approval

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